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Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Want to ensure that your child's math knowledge stays sharp? This mean, median, and mode game is the perfect way to reinforce these essential math concepts.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

This experiment examines whether storing your orange juice at different temperatures affects its acidity.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

In this activity, your child will get a review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using classic domino pieces.

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

For a fun activity that takes the dull out of decimals, show you child how to gain a better understanding of decimals...as dollar amounts!

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Teach your fifth grader an important math concept with this quick and simple activity that shows them how to divide whole numbers by fractions.

One way to "trick" your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.

Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

Science fair project that compares the freezing temperature of salt water and freshwater in order to learn about supercooling and condensation nuclei.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.