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Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Instead of loading up on mayonnaise based potato salad, your child can whip up something healthier: German potato salad!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Any time is the perfect time to whip up a delicious batch of fluffy pumpkin cookies.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

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

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!

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Use this great no-bake recipe to save energy and keep cool.

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Stringy orange ghoul guts are actually a healthy and gross-looking appetizer for your child's Halloween party.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

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

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!

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.