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Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

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.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

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

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.

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.