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Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Increase your child's confidence in interpreting bar graphs and throw a little candy into the mix to sweeten the learning process.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

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

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen his ability to work with and interpret data in various forms.

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

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and apply math skills in a real-world situation.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

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

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to examine light refraction as it passes through liquid crystals.

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Vincent van Gogh painted golden hued pictures of the harvest using bold lines and vibrant color. Your child can explore this style of art using oil pastels.

In this science fair project you will make a model of a cell membrane using very simple material.

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.