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In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

Science fair project which determines whether plants are able to get enough nutrients from different types of garbage.

Make a special card with a surprise that jumps out! Simple and inexpensive, it's a snap for little hands to make.

Help keep your child's baby teeth safe with this cute tooth-shaped felt pillow that comes with a little pouch that's just the right size for a lost tooth.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Make a First Day of School Mobile to help commemorate the big step from preschool to kindergarten and ease those first day jitters!

In this simple circular motion experiment, you'll observe tangential velocity and learn about how acceleration and centripetal force affect an object.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.