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Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

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.

Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

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

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!