Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

Kids discover what a homogeneous mixture is by adding sugar to distilled water and identify the various factors affecting solubility.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

Study the impact of environment on seed germination among three materials: soil, paper towel, and cloth. Note when seeds germinate and how well they germinate

Does your child need counting help? Here's a simple game that kids can do at home to help them practice counting to two-digit numbers.

The objective of this science project is to examine the factors that affect the dispersion of oil in water, including water agitation.

Race to double numbers in this competitive card game. Try one-digit or two-digit numbers, or more!

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

Store seeds under three different environmental conditions. Plant seeds in carefully marked groups, watch them grow. Compare results.

This science fair project idea determines what factors influence an individual's reaction time using a web-based timed reaction test.

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

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.

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Sponges are easy to handle and fun to play with, and your child will love putting these simple, three-piece puzzles together.

Does your second grader want to learn a magic trick? Here is a simple trick using only 3 dice and a little bit of addition and subtraction.

Test products which claim to reduce wrinkles, and determine which is the most effective. Test effectiveness over three weeks, using a sample of volunteers.

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

One way to "trick" your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.

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.

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

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 project investigates the affect music has on plant growth while experimenting with rock, classical and no music.

Teach your kid a fun mathematical magic trick! All you'll need is a deck of cards and basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.

This science fair project idea investigates food preference of birds.

Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!