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What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

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.

Use familiar household items and decorations to turn estimation into a fun game!

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

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.

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!

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

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

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

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