Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

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

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

Challenge your third-grader to sharpen her new math skills--and maybe do the planet a favor, too.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

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

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

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

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Create a graph based on the interests of family member's to see who has what in common. Your child will practice her math skills and get to know the family!

Graph are a great way to organize information. Your child will get to practice graphing by creating a bar graph and a pictorial graph of her friend's names.

Engage your children with this fun fall activity that integrates math and science. First, your child will excavate to find leaves. Next, they'll examine them to determine the colors. Then, your child will graph their findings.