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Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

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

This entertaining magic trick will 'trick' kids into using math skill to impress their friends!

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

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!

This science fair project idea explores whether mint, known for its âcooling sensationâ really does lower temperatures.

This science fair project idea explores whether boiling and freezing water will have an effect on how much it weighs.

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

In this science fair project, we learn how air molecules move as a result of density, convection, and air currents.

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

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

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

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

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.

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.

Kids will create their own version of Richard Feynman's rubber band heat engine to learn about thermodynamics with this cool science fair project idea.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

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.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!