Here's a game to help ensure that your teenager hits the important aspects of analyzing a piece of literature. A good grade is in the cards!

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

Determine the effect of reading aloud on memory skills. Prepare a list of randomly chosen words, ask volunteers to recall as many as possible from the list.

Invite your middle school writer to make this artistic trip diary, and practice narrative prose and analytical writing in the process!

Experiment with fermenting various fruits, grains or syrups. Describe and illustrate the fermentation process in a detailed report.

Test of the effect of exercise on rote memory. Prepare a single list of 40 randomly chosen words. Have volunteers recall as many words as possible.

Want to get your bookworm interested in science? Check out this cool activity that teaches kids how to write science fiction!

Study and categorize the functions and types of genes. Run gene experiments chosen from links. Analyze data, explain ideas in a detailed report.

This science fair project explores different types of endangered frogs, and why some are endangered while others are not.

Detail the chemical properties, nutritional value, medicinal effects of garlic, Write a detailed report, prepare recipes.

Surprise your favorite bookworm this Halloween with a witchy bookmark!

Design a livable building that functions without electricity. Consider necessities, comforts and entertainment. Build a scale model of your design.

Science fair project that illustrates the properties of black holes in space.

Science fair project that determines the effect of concentrated mental effort on physical performance levels.

Determine if left-handed people have faster response times.

In this arts and crafts activity, boost your kindergartener's letter recognition and reading skills by helping her create a paper word quilt.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Celebrate Read Across America with a Dr. Seuss-themed craft: make a paper plate elephant ears costume modeled after Horton from Horton Hears a Who!

This low-prep party game is a perfect for entertaining all-too-easily-bored teens, and an easy way to lighten the mood during a group study session.

Test for a correlation between perceived color and heart rate. Using a stethoscope and stop watch, measure the heart rate (beats per minute) of volunteers.

Test the effects of left and right handedness on writing speed and penmanship. Volunteers hand-copy the same paragraph of text, which samples look neater?

Describe the lives of commercially raised chickens. Contact local chicken farmers for information and advice. Write a detailed report about farming techniques.

This activity helps your teen write his very own adventurous epic poem, featuring an imagined hero.

Determine the effect of homework on academic performance. Collect grade info at the end of a semester, determine correlation between grades, amount of homework

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Get your teen to celebrate her favorite school subject with a twist-on-a-classic yearbook, complete with notes, projects, essays, homework, and photos!

Research optical illusions and human auras. Understand why the probable cause of perception is mach bands.

Explore the negative and positive consequences of stereotypes.

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.