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What better way to care for the earth than to create a Call to Action plan for the entire family?

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

How can we make healthy choices and be thoughtful in our actions? In this social emotional learning activity, your child will reflect on making tough choices and the questions to ask in order to help make healthy choices.

Kids will learn how to make a steam powered rocket boat, also called a putt putt boat or a pop pop boat, in this great science fair project for 4th graders.

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.

Stay active over summer vacation with this fun take on the old favorite Red Rover!

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot initiate a domino effect.

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

This science fair project uses paper chromatography to investigate whether black, brown, orange, and purple are pure colors or mixtures of other colors.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.