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Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

Determine whether a hot liquid cools off faster when liquid is added before or after a two minute wait.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

Examine the connection between temperature and chemiluminescence.

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Save money by making compost! Use this science fair project idea to determine which composting methods best encourage decomposition of organic matter.

If your Father's Day festivities include meeting up with extended family, why not put all the dads to the test with a chili cook-off?

The purpose of this science fair project is to investigate whether cooking seeds before planting will speed up germination and growth.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

Demonstrate the capillary function in plants by adding food coloring to glasses of water. Slice stalks of celery and leafy tops. Compare color of leaves

Salmonella and E.coli are common food contaminates. This experiment measures the time it takes for E.coli and Salmonella to reach hazardous levels in fish.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Explore this fun science fair project idea to investigate different microclimates in and around your home and their effects on the plant and animal life.

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Explore the best way to store popcorn kernels. It examines the impact of moisture and temperature on unpopped kernels.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

The goal of this science fair project is to evaluate the effect of heat on sound wave frequency.

Add these fun chocolate Groundhog Day cupcakes to your holiday desert recipe repertoire! They're fun to make with your kids and a delicious winter snack.

How do cold packs work? Explore endothermic reactions by comparing the temperature change that results from various chemicals added to water to find out!

Instead of loading up on mayonnaise based potato salad, your child can whip up something healthier: German potato salad!

Kids make strong bubbles to investigate the effect different additives have on bubble life in this cool science fair project idea.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.