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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.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

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

Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

Do earthworms like moisture or darkness? Find out as we explore the relationship between earthworms and light.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Explore if planting seeds in a certain direction will affect how fast it germinates.

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

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.

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

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

In this experiment, you'll make a seafloor spreading model to learn more about how plate tectonics work and create mid-ocean ridges.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Excite your fourth grader by recreating ancient Viking myths. This miniature longboat will explore the principle of water molecules expanding when heated.

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.