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Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.

This hands-on activity gives your child an opportunity to apply various strategies to solve a problem and to check if his answer makes sense.

Analyze competed scientific studies to determine the effectiveness of ancient remedies. Create a chart that illustrates the effectiveness of these treatments.

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

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

Time is an abstract concept that's difficult to grasp. But waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven on Thanksgiving is a concretely yummy experience.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

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.

Challenge your preschooler to a game of shape match-up--an entertaining way to boost her observational ability.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

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

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

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

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

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Dive into the world of cooking oil and smoke points to discover just how fast some oils start smoking.

Fudge is one of very few desserts people make at home that is actually crystalline. What happens when the fudge crystallizes at different temperatures?

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

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