Measurement Activities : Page 5

Determine how salinity affects the circulation of warm and cold water. Note whether the warm water mixes or forms a layer with cold water.

Shamrock Stamps are a great way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Simple and symmetrical, this symbol of Irish culture is the perfect shape for prints.

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Science fair project in which you will build your own algae photobioreactor which will meet the physiological requirements of algae for maximum growth.

Science fair project that determines how UV radiation emitted by the sun varies depending on the time of day, using a handheld UV detector

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

In this science fair experiment, high school students fit the growth pattern of bacteria to a mathematical model and predict future colony expansion.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Science fair project that uses distillation to convert salt water into fresh water.

The objective of this science experiment is to evaluate the affects of high and low heat capacity on a material's heat retention ability.

This hands-on activity gives your child an opportunity to apply various strategies to solve a problem and to check if his answer makes sense.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

Explore properties of liquids and how temperature and salinity effect surface tension of liquids in this fun- filled science fair project idea.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

These handmade Christmas treat cups are perfect for house parties, school celebrations, and holiday bake sales.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the relation between onions and eyes and how to prevent eyes from tearing while cutting an onion.

Determine if âdouble dippingâ chips really spreads more germs than dipping only once per chip.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Have fun with bubbles and find out why there are bubbles in your tap water in this cool science fair project idea.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

This experiment investigates if small changes in your diet can alter your basal body temperature.

Teach your child what a sugar plum is with this easy recipe that gets your child to chop, mix, and roll his way to a delicious treat.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.