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Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

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

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

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.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.