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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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

In this physics project, you'll learn how to find the maximum height of a projectile using some math and trigonometry.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Here's a way to make history both interesting and relevant: design a garden using plants that were used by people in colonial times!

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!

This science fair project idea identifies and understands adaptations in birds.

Try this simple activity with your middle schooler to help him develop an understanding of why scientific classification systems exist and how they work.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

The goal of this middle school science fair project is to examine the effect of caffeine on plant growth.

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

Determine which video game elevates the heart rate best and burns the most calories.

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.