Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Instead of loading up on mayonnaise based potato salad, your child can whip up something healthier: German potato salad!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

If you're looking for a fun way to have your child gain practice pattern-making while working out fine motor skills, making Washi eggs is the perfect activity.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

This project tests the hypothesis that dark colors absorb more heat than light colors.

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.

Stringy orange ghoul guts are actually a healthy and gross-looking appetizer for your child's Halloween party.

The project investigates the affect music has on plant growth while experimenting with rock, classical and no music.

Compare animal and plant fats and observe, and record, and draw conclusions about their similarities and differences.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

Make this easy recipe for Halloween, featuring white chocolate and pretzels, for a crispy, creepy treat!

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

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

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.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!