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Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Find the area in this fun math card game. You'll help your child start thinking in terms of units as you create shapes out of playing cards.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Help your child learn the language of mathematics through cupcakes with this fun counting activity.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Science fair project that helps you better understand density by comparing the relative densities of cans of Coke and Diet Coke.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

Help your child chart how much he has grown over his school break by creating his own tree-shaped Summer Growth Chart.

Make this delectable custard, meringue, and graham cracker pie will give your fifth grader practice with measurement and get him interested in the kitchen.

Research different measurement systems, design your own new or improved system that can measure something difficult to measure with traditional systems.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

Learn how the focal length of a lens affects a magnifying glass's magnifying power in this cool science fair project idea for 8th grade.

How can Hooke's law explain how springs work? Learn about how Hooke's law is at work when you exert force on a spring in this cool science project.

High school students learn about resistance, resistivity, and if copper is the best metal conductor in this great physics science fair project idea.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

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

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

Save money by making compost! Use this science fair project idea to determine which composting methods best encourage decomposition of organic matter.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

This project examines the vulnerability of fruit flies, Drosophila melanigaster, to irradiation. Will exposure result in mutations?

Find a mathematical relationship between the intensity of a sound wave and distance from the sound source. Use a pedometer and a sound level meter.

Let your child add her creative touch to Cinco de Mayo celebrations by showing her how to make chili pepper napkin rings.

This science fair project idea teaches about the size of two different systems: the solar system and an atomic system.

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

Calculate the mass of the Earth using the sidereal and calendar period of the Moon and Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation in this physics science project!

The project compares three different methods of testing turbidity in water: the secchi disk, spectrophotometer, and turbidity test kit.

In this cool experiment, learn about the forces of resistance in a liquid and race marbles in a cylinder to find out which fluids have a high viscosity.

The objective of this science fair project it to determine whether adding ethanol alcohol to gasoline slows the run time of a motor.