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Here's an Easter themed math game to reinforce your child's logical reasoning and place value skills.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

What's your problem? I'll show you my math if you show me yours! Critical thinking and computation skills are the focus of this strategic math card game.

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

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

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.

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

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

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

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

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.

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.

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

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

Kids will get a kick out of shopping for discounted "kicks" with this creative math game that focuses on percentages.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.