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This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

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

What's your problem? I'll show you my math if you show me yours! Critical thinking and computation skills are the focus of this strategic math card game.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

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

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

If your young child is a kinesthetic learner, this equation board is perfect for teaching him addition and subtraction facts.

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

Let your child lend a helping hand while decorating the Christmas tree this year! This festive activity doubles as a lesson focusing on the number five.

Sharing can be a challenge, and division doubly so! Practice halving numbers in this competitive card game.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!