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Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

A round scoop of vanilla ice cream, red sprinkles, and bat and glove cookies are all it takes to make a baseball-themed treat.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

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!

Challenge your kid's creativity with a fun fall art project that features you as the collaborator.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Hisss! Make a snake pet from a recycled cardboard tube! Transport your child into nature with this fun and easy craft.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

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

Learn how to make vampire fangs for Halloween costumes and for scary playtime. See how to make vampire fangs with this great upcycled tutorial.

Your fourth-grader can hone her baking skills with this classic American recipe the whole family will enjoy!

You and your fourth grader can pay homage to the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada, by baking up a batch of maple leaf pancakes!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Get kids excited about gathering their school supplies by teaching them how to make their own writing supplies!

Grab some dice and play this take on tic-tac-toe. Itâs easy to set up and your child will have a blast.

Orchestrate a Cupid's arrow tossing game among your child and his friends. This fun game cultivates important motor skills and hand-eye coordination, too.

In this fun, magical art activity, children paint an invisible picture that is only revealed when covered with watercolors.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

This year for Valentine's Day, you and your child can bake up a batch of classic red velvet cupcakes and learn more about the history of this vintage treat.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Create a string of paper jack-o'-lanterns with this simple Halloween paper craft!

Determine which kind of rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) has the greatest reservoir capacity, which is the ability to hold the most oil and natural gas.

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

Your child can turn dinner into a flavorful adventure that transports the entire family to a land far away with some quick and easy Thai peanut noodles.

In this activity, students will think about the form and function of household objects as they compare and contrast kitchen serving spoons of various sizes and designs.

In this activity, your child will discuss how to stand up for others, and they'll use pipe cleaners to design a symbol that reminds them to stand up for others.