The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Add these fun chocolate Groundhog Day cupcakes to your holiday desert recipe repertoire! They're fun to make with your kids and a delicious winter snack.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

If you're looking for a fun way to have your child gain practice pattern-making while working out fine motor skills, making Washi eggs is the perfect activity.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

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 objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

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

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

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

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.