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Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschooler: make pendulum paintings using only a funnel, canvas, and paint!

Explore the best way to store popcorn kernels. It examines the impact of moisture and temperature on unpopped kernels.

Help your child learn her numbers and how to count with this fun number game!

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Explore the properties of light and color using photographic filters. Take pictures of color spectrum, compare results of different filters.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

Lots of everyday objects can be fun, whether it's buttons, beans, or Lego blocks. Here's an activity that uses coins to build problem-solving strategies.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Science fair project which measures the amount of heat energy released by a burning candle by calculating how many calories of heat it emits.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Here's a hands-on activity you can do with your fourth-grader to practice measurement and directly apply the concept of area.

Practice of math facts is usually limited to drill sheets and flashcards. But kids are more likely to tune in to math facts if practice is presented as a game!

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

The moon doesn't produce its own light, so why can we see it shining in the sky? Learn about reflection and planetshine in this fun and easy science project!

Teach your kindergartener a little about Mexican culture by giving him a festive, no-cook lesson in how to make "aguas frescas," or seasonal fruit drinks.

Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.

Have an empty cereal box you're ready to toss in the bin? Help your child recycle that box into some wacky glasses in this fun craft!

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

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

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Confetti wands add some colorful cheer to your New Year's Eve celebration. Wave these confetti wands at midnight and watch the colors fly.

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.

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

This science fair project idea will be examining oxidation and acid rain

In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.