Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

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

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

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

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

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.

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

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Hiding protein-rich quinoa and a variety of fresh vegetables, these meatballs are the perfect answer to kid food woes.

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

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

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Make this delicious warm apple bread for Hanukkah.

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

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

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

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

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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.

This science fair project idea researches how your choice of clothing affect how hot or cool you feel during the day.

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

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