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The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

Determine which metal has the highest rate of conductivity.

This activity will help your child tackle those tricky fraction word problems by way of a hands-on method.

Measure temperature change over time using a variety of insulation materials. Be creative with insulation materials: scarves, yarn, socks, feathers, oil, etc

Science fair project that uses distillation to convert salt water into fresh water.

Your preschooler will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

This game is a great way to help your child remember the names of shapes. Give it a go and before you know it, your kid will have all her shapes down pat.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

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

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

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

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

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.

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

Teach your child what a sugar plum is with this easy recipe that gets your child to chop, mix, and roll his way to a delicious treat.

This project examines the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water, with and without oil.

Salmonella and E.coli are common food contaminates. This experiment measures the time it takes for E.coli and Salmonella to reach hazardous levels in fish.

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the cleanliness of salad preparation techniques.

The objective of this project is to examine the ways in which a passive solar house may contribute to conservation of energy.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

This experiment will evaluate bacterial content on toothbrushes before and after different cleaning methods to determine which method of disinfecting is best.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for middle school students to learn about the effects of temperature on the density of a gas such as air.

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

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

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.