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This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and apply math skills in a real-world situation.

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.

This entertaining magic trick will 'trick' kids into using math skill to impress their friends!

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

This activity is based on the popular card game, Slapjack. It's rip-roaring fun, and it reinforces the concepts of odd and even.

Determine the differences between various bicep exercises, both in terms of how much muscle exertion they create and how they affect your heart rate.

Determine which seeds are most likely to survive harsh winter conditions (low temperatures).

Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

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.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

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 simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

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 fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!

Is your child struggling to remember the rules of place value? Here's a fun series of hands-on activities to help your child put the value in place value!

The Math Monster will save your second grader from repetitive math flashcards. Guessing mystery math facts is a fun way for him to polish arithmetic skills!

Play this fun game with your kindergarten or first grader. It's a great way to practice important math skills, including counting and addition.