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Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Here's an activity to help your child create her very own time capsule to unearth and open in one, five, or even ten years later!

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Here's a fun car game for you: Blind Distance. Blind Distance is a great way to bond with your child and teacher her about depth perception at the same time.

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

A mobile craft filled with beautiful flying birds will brighten up any child's room.

Hop over to the craft table and make this easy bunny puppet!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

This science fair project idea explores if the length of the string that an object is suspended on has an effect on how fast or slow it swings.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

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

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

This fun first grade activity will make your child love vegetables (well, racing them anyway). Build a racecar from a zucchini and challenge the whole family!

Kids learn about surrealism as they cut out items from magazines and combine them to create their own piece of surrealistic juxtaposition.

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief artwork and patterns.

This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.

Penguins just may be the cutest cold-weather creatures ever! Creating this penguin is a perfect way for your tot to practice cutting out different shapes.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.