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If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

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

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Let your fabulous crafter use their favorite flowers, fruits and herbs to whip up a delicious perfume that they can proudly present to a friend or a loved one.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

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!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

This activity will help your child review science concepts, learn new ones, and become familiar with examples of various concepts in science. Plus, it's fun!

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.