Social Studies Activities : Page 9

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

This dreidel ornament makes a sparkling spinning top out of popsicle sticks. Make this dreidel ornament and get ready for Hanukkah.

In this science fair project, students evaluate the alleged pain-relieving properties of amber.

This science fair project idea explores whether the color of surroundings affects human mood.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

Help your child observe Veterans Day by having him create a paper chain American flag; it's a fun and crafty way to show your patriotism.

Test the placebo effect in different groups of people.

Your child can create a portrait of himself or his loved ones in the style of Modigliani with the help of oil pastels!

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

Explore the belief in astrology as a predictive system.

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

In this science fair project, students evaluate test subjects to determine if certain personality traits are more common in frequent users of social media.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

Have your kid imagine that she is a TV personality who has been assigned to cover the Olympics.

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Learn more about consumer preferences, product availability and pricing. Search ebay listings typing keywords of your choice. Interpret statistical analysis

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

Here's how teens can produce an audio guide of an exhibit, field trip, or ballgame, confess their thoughts in an audio diary or record a letter to a friend.

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

Explore the relationship between personality traits and birth order effects.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.