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.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

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

Celebrate the 100th day of school by counting and spelling your way to a "$1.00" word in this 3rd grade math and reading game.

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

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Halloween bingo is a fun Halloween word and symbol activity for ghosts and ghouls of all ages. Play Halloween bingo this October to get into the spooky spirit.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

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

This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

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

Instead of drilling facts, grab sidewalk chalk and head outside for a rousing game of this Math Run game. Play the Math Run game with your child.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

The project determines which type of birds prefer which type of birdseed.

How does smell affect taste? Ready your taste buds--in this project, you'll gather some test subjects and do a taste test to see how much smell affects taste.