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What is persistence of vision? With this hands-on science fair project idea, students will demonstrate this cool and dramatic phenomenon in their own classroom.

Check out this activity that has your kid create her own Cubist montage. Soon your kid will be well on her way to understanding the vibrant art of Cubism!

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

You've heard all about oil spills, but can they really be that bad? After all, vegetable oil is in almost every yummy baking good from cookies to brownies.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Learn about savanna flora and fauna in this science project! Take a look at characteristics of tropical grassland plants and animals that help them survive.

This science fair project compares the allelopathic affects of juglone, a chemical agent produced by the Black Walnut tree, on two plants.

This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

This underwater painting is as colorful as it is fun!

Put a flavorful twist on a classic dish, and make tortilla lasagna! All your favorite ingredients from traditional Mexican food will go into this creation.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Taking a moment to pause, feel our breath, and to notice the things around us can support a heightened sense of focus and can bring kind attention to the present moment and to tasks at-hand. In this activity, your child will practice the STOP method and

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian craft, which uses a technique of drawing wax on fabric to create patterns before dying.

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

See what's on your child's mind in this colorful, creative exercise.

Choose a design that is as simple or as intricate as you like and create a stencil that you can use over and over again.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Take a look at this oogly-googly eye Halloween craft! Have your child tweak the design to learn about balance and counterbalance with this crazy-eyed creature.