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The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

Let your preschooler create something cute while making something delicious to eat: create bread sculptures, or shapes of bread dough!

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

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

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!

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

Which public places harbor the most bacteria and germs? Test different environments to find out where the most bacteria live in this science project.

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

The goal of this golf science fair science fair project is to determine whether the temperature of a golf ball affects its elasticity and its rebound.

A project to reinforce learning about the layers of the rainforest, rain forest ecosystem, and the greenhouse effect.

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Help your preschooler grasp the concept of ordering and sequence while teaching him valuable vocabulary with simple activities around the house.

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

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

This project concerns activity happening millions of miles away, on the sun.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

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

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!