Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

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.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

This science fair project idea examines the distance a person travels on an average day and to relate that to an understanding of the size of the Earth.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

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

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

Celebrate April Fools' Day with a science prank that is sure to amuse...and educate too!

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

In this open-ended activity, students will be given a small quantity of three types of materials and asked to design a prototype for “something that will improve the school.”

Explore the craters, maria, and highlands on the surface of the Moon! In this fun science project you'll create a 3-D model of the moon using paper mache.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a tasty treat perfect for consuming on a hot day.

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