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Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

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.

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!

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

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.

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

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

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.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

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.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

In this experiment, students find out what happens when a less-dense fluid interacts with a denser one, replicating the effect of cooler solid rock on magma.

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

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

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.

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

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.

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!

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

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

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

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy