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It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

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

Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Show your middle schooler how a quick whirl of spinach in the blender will reveal the cobwebby "stuff"--or DNA--of life!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Devise an argument for or against the possibility of resurrectin extinct species through DNA manipulation. Analyze data, report findings.

Research history of programming language. Design a new or improved programming language. Create a display that illustrates the features and improvements.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Test ability to distinguish between natural and artificial aromatherapy oils. Select fragrance, natural and synthetic sample. Volunteers state preference.

Create a colorful, informative display that illustrates the properties of blood cells. Prepare slides using samples of fresh raw beef or chicken bone marrow.

Study the effect of music on blood pressure. Compare blood pressure readings before and after the listening session. Analyze results, write a detailed report.

Test the effects of left and right handedness on writing speed and penmanship. Volunteers hand-copy the same paragraph of text, which samples look neater?

Describe the lives of commercially raised chickens. Contact local chicken farmers for information and advice. Write a detailed report about farming techniques.

Test for a correlation between perceived color and heart rate. Using a stethoscope and stop watch, measure the heart rate (beats per minute) of volunteers.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Here's a guide to starting a community clean-up project from scratch.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

Take the plunge into handcrafting with this neat and tidy soap recipe. Here's how to create your own personalized soap.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the properties of friction and apply this knowledge to search for a near-frictionless surface.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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!

Have your child try this classic experiment that demonstrates circular motion using a bucket and rope. Be careful, you might get soaked!