Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

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.

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.

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

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

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!

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Use an Elihu Thomson apparatus, also known as a ring launcher, to learn about electromagnetism concepts and the properties of various metals.

Introduce the idea of measuring weight to your preschooler or kindergartener by making a fun and easy-to-use bungee scale to weigh household objects.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Fudge is one of very few desserts people make at home that is actually crystalline. What happens when the fudge crystallizes at different temperatures?

In this science fair project, students will use methylene blue to study the presence of aerobic bacteria in milk.

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

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Teach your child what a sugar plum is with this easy recipe that gets your child to chop, mix, and roll his way to a delicious treat.

Investigate the advantages of the use of ceramics in engines such as the tiles used in Space Shuttle. Use iron filings and magnets.

This science fair project idea measures physical dexterity as a function of temperature.

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.