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

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

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

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

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

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

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

This footwear-focused activity introduces fractions as part of a set and it's the perfect way to generate excitement about fraction concepts.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

Science fair project that compares the freezing temperature of salt water and freshwater in order to learn about supercooling and condensation nuclei.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Kids will create their own version of Richard Feynman's rubber band heat engine to learn about thermodynamics with this cool science fair project idea.

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

Most timeline activities are all about history. Make timelines more relevant and personal for your child by focusing on the hours and minutes of his day.

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Learn about borrowing in subtraction using a deck of cards and a die! Your first grader will have fun playing this math game.

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.