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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
First Grade
Reading
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
First Grade
Reading
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Balloon Greenhouse
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Balloon Greenhouse
Kindergarten
Life Science
Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.
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Balloon Greenhouse
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Balloon Greenhouse
Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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How Old is That Tree?
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How Old is That Tree?
Third Grade
Measurement
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!
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How Old is That Tree?
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How Old is That Tree?
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!
Third Grade
Measurement
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Make Like a Bird and Nest
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Make Like a Bird and Nest
Kindergarten
Life Science
Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.
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Make Like a Bird and Nest
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Make Like a Bird and Nest
Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
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Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
Fifth Grade
Life Science
With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!
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Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
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Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
Second Grade
Life Science
Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!
Second Grade
Life Science
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
Fifth Grade
Life Science
Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Build a Terrarium
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Build a Terrarium
Second Grade
Life Science
Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.
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Build a Terrarium
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Build a Terrarium
Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.
Second Grade
Life Science
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
Third Grade
Reading
In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.
Third Grade
Reading
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
Kindergarten
Life Science
Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
Pre-K
Life Science
Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!
Pre-K
Life Science
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Windowsill Herb Garden
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Windowsill Herb Garden
Kindergarten
Life Science
It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.
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Windowsill Herb Garden
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Windowsill Herb Garden
It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Grow a Sock Garden
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Grow a Sock Garden
Kindergarten
Life Science
In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.
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Grow a Sock Garden
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Grow a Sock Garden
In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Mouth Bacteria?
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Mouth Bacteria?
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.
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Mouth Bacteria?
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Mouth Bacteria?
Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
First Grade
Life Science
Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.
First Grade
Life Science
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Make a Milk Carton Bird House
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Make a Milk Carton Bird House
First Grade
Life Science
Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.
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Make a Milk Carton Bird House
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Make a Milk Carton Bird House
Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.
First Grade
Life Science
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Understanding Absorption
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Understanding Absorption
Third Grade
Life Science
Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.
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Understanding Absorption
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Understanding Absorption
Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.
Third Grade
Life Science
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
Pre-K
Life Science
Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!
Pre-K
Life Science
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Grow Your Own Grass
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Grow Your Own Grass
First Grade
Life Science
This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.
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Grow Your Own Grass
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Grow Your Own Grass
This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.
First Grade
Life Science
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Plants Form Water
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Plants Form Water
First Grade
Life Science
This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.
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Plants Form Water
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Plants Form Water
This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.
First Grade
Life Science
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Skeleton Hand Print
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Skeleton Hand Print
Kindergarten
Life Science
Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws
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Skeleton Hand Print
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Skeleton Hand Print
Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Sink or Swim: Calculating Density of Fruits and Vegetables
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Sink or Swim: Calculating Density of Fruits and Vegetables
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.
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Sink or Swim: Calculating Density of Fruits and Vegetables
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Sink or Swim: Calculating Density of Fruits and Vegetables
Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.
Fifth Grade
Physical Science
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Chromatography for Kids
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Chromatography for Kids
Kindergarten
Life Science
Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!
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Chromatography for Kids
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Chromatography for Kids
Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Create a Shoebox Habitat
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Create a Shoebox Habitat
First Grade
Life Science
Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.
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Create a Shoebox Habitat
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Create a Shoebox Habitat
Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.
First Grade
Life Science
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Investigate Magnetic Attraction
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Investigate Magnetic Attraction
Kindergarten
Life Science
Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.
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Investigate Magnetic Attraction
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Investigate Magnetic Attraction
Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Plant Habitats: Dandelions
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Plant Habitats: Dandelions
Fifth Grade
Life Science
In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.
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Plant Habitats: Dandelions
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Plant Habitats: Dandelions
In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Hidden Objects
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Hidden Objects
Kindergarten
Life Science
Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.
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Hidden Objects
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Hidden Objects
Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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