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This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

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

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Is cleaning with lemon effective? Get ready to give this science project some elbow grease and find out if acidic lemons can be used as a cleaning agent.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

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

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

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

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

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.

What are the effects of fertilizer on plant growth? What's the best fertilizer type (solid, liquid or powder)? Kids find out in this science fair project idea.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

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

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

In this fun science project, learn about what happens to cut fruit and experiment with how to stop apples from turning brown.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!