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.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

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

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

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

Check out this game that provides an enjoyable way of demonstrating how recorded results can be expressed in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

In this activity, your child will learn to name the numbers from 1 through 5 and they'll practice their counting skills.

Determine which metal has the highest rate of conductivity.

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

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

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

Topped with roasted pumpkin, prosciutto, herbs, and feta, these pita pizzas are a healthy, seasonal alternative to your classic pie.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Create a graph based on the interests of family member's to see who has what in common. Your child will practice her math skills and get to know the family!

Help your child develop his counting and language skills with this fun activity. He'll be a number hero for a day and learn about safety while he's at it.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

This science fair project idea determines which flower lasts the longest.

In this science fair project idea, kids make water dance on the surface of a hot pan with the Leidenfrost Effect.

Help your kindergartener practice counting from one to ten with this fun outdoor activity. Make a "My Backyard Counting Book" to review counting to ten.

Plants help keep a house cool! This article includes step-by-step instructions for completing this fun and interesting science experiment.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Here's a preschool color collage activity to help your child work on their sorting skills, and create a beautiful addition to the refrigerator gallery.

In this science fair project, students examine how temperature affects sugar transport within a plant.

The objective of this science experiment is to evaluate the affects of high and low heat capacity on a material's heat retention ability.

This science fair project idea quantifies exactly how accurate the cricket thermometer is.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

Make a mixed up animal collage and help your preschooler build her visual arts and math skills along the way.

In this science fair experiment, high school students fit the growth pattern of bacteria to a mathematical model and predict future colony expansion.

Check out this fun science fair project idea to determine if the size of a particle affect the rate or speed of a chemical reaction.