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Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Your child can create a trendy, retro felt flower pin that will remind her of the natural beauty of flowers in full bloom no matter what time of year it is!

No matter the occasion, this flag craft is the perfect way for you child to proudly display her love of the red, white and blue!

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Make these delicious and festive smoothies with your kids this Fourth of July to celebrate the holiday with a healthy twist.

Zombie cupcakes are baked goods that look as if they've been pulled fresh from a skull. Make zombie cupcakes this Halloween.

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

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

A heart wreath is a pretty and festive Valentine's Day decoration. Make a heart wreath with your child this Valentine's Day.

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card your child can make, write, and give. Great learning and lots of fun--a "lucky" combination for a lucky holiday!

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

How does water pressure change with depth? Kids learn how pressure works underwater with this cool and easy demo.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.