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Tackle both boredom and mathematics with this inventive arts and craft project!

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

Teach your kid a fun mathematical magic trick! All you'll need is a deck of cards and basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.

Compare and order numbers and introduce mathematical inequalities in this fun math card game.

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Science fair project about work and energy which uses a simple mathematical formula to predict how far a jar will roll down an incline.

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

The elegance of a glitter vase will rival the flowers inside it! Help your child craft this artsy gift as a special gift for a loved one.

In this science experiment, do tensile strength test on fishing line, a strand of hair, a rubber band, and any other materials you're curious about!

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Create a unique and colorful Mother's Day gift that Mom can use all year. Upcycle a tea tin by wrapping it with Washi tape!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Kids will discover the meat science behind the meat they eat, and find out how to use safe chemistry to make meat more tender.

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

Here's a simple math activity that has your child using her basic addition facts to solve a secret code.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Learn about the power of exponents. The objective of this science fair project is to explore and understand how exponents are used.

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

Discover which fabrics shrink the most in the wash and why.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

Explore how dielectric heating comes into play when microwaving various liquids in this science project. This test will help you understand how microwaves work!

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.