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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 classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

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!

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

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

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

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

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

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

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.