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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.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Make this delectable custard, meringue, and graham cracker pie will give your fifth grader practice with measurement and get him interested in the kitchen.

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Learn about calorimetry, make a bomb calorimeter, and experiment with combusting different nuts to see which one produces the most energy!

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

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.

Determine whether magic salt is more effective at melting snow than regular salt. Pour one ounce of salt over the ice cubes, compare the melt downs.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

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.

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

Science fair project that measure winds speed, temperature, and time of day in order to determine the origins of the wind.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Any time is the perfect time to whip up a delicious batch of fluffy pumpkin cookies.

This project explores what happens to a rubber band when it is heated and cooled.

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

Science fair project that tests the effects of temperature change on the reactivity of the catalase enzyme.

Instead of loading up on mayonnaise based potato salad, your child can whip up something healthier: German potato salad!

This experiment investigates if stress alters body temperature.

Turn any sunny summer day into a fun and special occasion by having a watermelon seed spitting contest!

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!