When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Help your child apply his math skills the next time you cook a family meal similar to one you'd buy at a restaurant.

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

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

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

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 interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Make a brag sash with your child to celebrate an amazing school year filled with accomplishments.

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

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.