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

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

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!

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!