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This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

Dive into the world of cooking oil and smoke points to discover just how fast some oils start smoking.

Use the holiday gift giving season as an excuse to give your fourth grader a valuable lesson in making and keeping a budget!

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

Try a new approach to working with variables and equations by playing this tic-tac-toe game with your math student.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Kids will learn how to measure the viscosity of liquids by making their own homemade viscometer in this great science fair project idea.

In this activity, your child will get a review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using classic domino pieces.

Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Chlorine and chloramine are added to our tap water to kill harmful microorganisms. What is the best way to filter these disinfectants in your drinking water?

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.