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This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

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

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

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

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

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.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.