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In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

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!

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

In this experiment we will be determining whether birds prefer certain colors of seed.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

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

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

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

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

This holiday season, don't forget the many delights of "cookie science"! Here's a confection we especially like.

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

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

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

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Make Korean vegetable pancakes with your child! This dish is delicious way to get your child cooking as you introduce her to recipes from different cultures.

Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

Practice math and measurement with your third grader this Fourth of July by making these festive cupcakes!

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

Help your fourth grade scientist practice measurement, and make a scrumptious, healthy summer cheesecake in the process!

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.