Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

Do earthworms like moisture or darkness? Find out as we explore the relationship between earthworms and light.

This Where the Wild Things Are costume will make your little wild thing look just like Max. This Where the Wild Things Are costume is surprisingly easy to make.

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Invite your child, and any other kids attending the Seder, to help you make this "hands on" matzah cover for Passover this year.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Learn how to make a food pyramid with animals in a a coniferous forest ecosystem around your home.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.