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

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

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.

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

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!

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

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

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Turn any sunny summer day into a fun and special occasion by having a watermelon seed spitting contest!

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

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

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

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