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This science fair project idea examines the actual cost of three household light bulbs by testing energy consumption.

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

Teach your preschooler color recognition using this handy egg carton sorter. She will group objects by color and learn to recognize their names with this tool.

Do your laundry and your science project simultaneously! This science fair project investigates whether the color of a garment affects the time needed to dry.

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.

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.

Examine the connection between temperature and chemiluminescence.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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.

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.

Tic-tac-toe is tons of fun, but the traditional version can get a little monotonous after a while. Mix it up and try this colorful outdoor version!

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

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

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

In this fun snack-time activity, kids boost counting, sorting, and color recognition skills as they make a delicious and nutritious snack.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

Sorting objects by size, color, shape, or function is an important concept in kindergarten math, and it's the perfect excuse for a little housekeeping!

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

Introduce colors to shadow play with this creative and irresistible science activity!

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

Science fair project in which you will build your own algae photobioreactor which will meet the physiological requirements of algae for maximum growth.

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

This science fair project investigates how temperature of a room affects the burn rate of a candle.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

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

Your preschooler or kindergartener will count their way to Valentine's Day while designing an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards!