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Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Start the new year with this fourth grade math "Calculation Challenge!"

The purpose of this science fair project is to investigate whether cooking seeds before planting will speed up germination and growth.

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

The purpose of this science project is to investigate which will grow larger plants: compost, soil and Miracle - Gro, a mixture of both.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

This project explores whether music affects the growth and health of plants.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Find out whether freezing or refrigerating destroys more bacteria. This is essential to consuming safe and germ-free food.

This science fair project idea creates an underwater habitat and explores the basic needs of living things under water.

Science fair project that cultivates slime mold and monitors the stages of its development.

Ethanol can be used as an alternative fuel! The purpose of this experiment is to identify a starch plant that produces the largest quantity of ethanol.

First graders spend lots of time learning double digit numbers. Here's a "green" way to build skills and have some old time family fun, too.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

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.

see whether all liquids evaporate at the same rate. In other words, does water evaporate at the same rate as juice?

Add these fun chocolate Groundhog Day cupcakes to your holiday desert recipe repertoire! They're fun to make with your kids and a delicious winter snack.

Want to help your kid with math? Get out the grab bag! This game is a great way to practice the tricky business of associating numbers with sets of objects.

The purpose of this science fair project is to investigate which food wrapping works best to keep refrigerated and non-refrigerated foods from spoiling.

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

This science fair project idea measures physical dexterity as a function of temperature.

Analyze this simple betting game with your fourth grade student in order to discuss probability.

Help your kindergartener learn to manage a telephone with this homemade keyboard that also helps kids practice letters and numbers.

Demonstrate the capillary function in plants by adding food coloring to glasses of water. Slice stalks of celery and leafy tops. Compare color of leaves