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Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.