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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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.

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!

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

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.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Hiding protein-rich quinoa and a variety of fresh vegetables, these meatballs are the perfect answer to kid food woes.

Make this easy recipe for Halloween, featuring white chocolate and pretzels, for a crispy, creepy treat!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

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

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

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

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.