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

How much does 100 weigh? Play this fun guessing game with your child to commemorate the 100th day of school.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

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.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

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

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

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

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.

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

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

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.

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

Time is an abstract concept that's difficult to grasp. But waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven on Thanksgiving is a concretely yummy experience.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

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

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.