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Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

This activity helps your teen write his very own adventurous epic poem, featuring an imagined hero.

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

Forget model kits! Promote creativity by having your child construct a dinosaur model using marshmallows and toothpicks.

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

Research camouflage products and techniques, test quality by timing volunteers. Calculate the average length of time to recognize the subject.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

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

Teenagers will love the look of this retro lamp and the fascinating process of making it.

Bring the sea to your home with this marine life–inspired art project that displays beautifully when suspended from the ceiling.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

Make a Canadian-Themed dinner with your child to celebrate the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics!

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Sure, you already know that water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, but did you know that oxygen levels differ in different types of water?

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

This kindergarten science activity will help her explore the changing states of matter which transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

Here's how you and your teen can stage your own formal debateâbeyond arguing why chores are unethical! Formal debates improve teens' critical thinking skills.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.