Cool kitchen science: Handmade ice cream
Give your first- or second-grader a beginner's lesson in chemistry with a favorite, frozen childhood treat.
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Making Bread: A Tasty Way to Do Science
Making bread provides opportunities to measure, question and observe.
Top summer learning activities for teens
Sneak learning into your high schooler's summer days to prevent the off-season brain drain.
Top summer learning activities for tykes
Top tips for keeping your preschooler or kindergartner sharp this summer.
Create a noisemaker
How you can help at home: This easy-to-make noisemaker reinforces the science skills of observation.
Create a mummy
How you can help at home: Make shawabtis, small mummy-like statues, to introduce your child to the art of ancient Egypt.
The Scents of Smell
How you can help at home: Have your child explore science by testing her sense of smell.
Jumping raisins
Let this simple science experiment inspire your child to hone her powers of scientific observation.
Autumn Leaf Walk
How you can help at home: In this fun and educational activity your preschooler explores leaves she has collected outside.
Does it sink or float?
Have your child test objects in water to see if they sink or float.
