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

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.

The moon doesn't produce its own light, so why can we see it shining in the sky? Learn about reflection and planetshine in this fun and easy science project!

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

Make your own picture frame! Show your fourth grader how to construct the an adorable, decorative picture frame for her favorite photo.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Help your child create a piece of spring art by shaking up the traditional silhouette art form with a colorful collage background and vibrant spring color.

This project explores ways to prevent static electrical shocks.

If there's a special person in your fourth grader's life, show him how to create this beautiful photo frame luminary as an extra special Valentine's Day gift!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

4th graders construct an ocean food web to learn about consumers and trophic levels, food webs, and food chains in this cool ecology science fair project.

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!

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Topped with roasted pumpkin, prosciutto, herbs, and feta, these pita pizzas are a healthy, seasonal alternative to your classic pie.

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.

Our baked French toast recipe is particularly tasty on a chilly winter morning. Make our baked French toast recipe with your child to teach them about measuring.

Have your kid determine if a goldfish can be conditioned to expect food the same way Pavlov's dogs did with this fascinating science fair project.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Indulge in an American classic with a twist and seize the opportunity to cook with your child, helping her build those math and social studies skills.

Make a healthy, no-cook salad with some help from your third grade chef - and practice math and measurement while you're at it!

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

Find the North Star, and measure your latitude! The purpose of this science fair project is to find latitude and learn about geographic locations.

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

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.