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Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

Test your skills as a weather forecaster, and learn some science terms on the way!

Science fair project that helps you create your own compost pile in order to test the efficiency of different methods of composting.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

In this experiment, your middle schooler will chart the effects of oil on a feather in order to grasp the tragic effects of oil spills on wildlife.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Want to get your bookworm interested in science? Check out this cool activity that teaches kids how to write science fiction!

Here's how you and your teen can stage your own formal debateâbeyond arguing why chores are unethical! Formal debates improve teens' critical thinking skills.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

This science project challenges students to take learned information about weather and climate control and apply it to come up with creative ideas of their own.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.