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Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

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.

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

Turn your child's learning about ancient civilizations into a swashbuckling adventure by having her make an ancient treasure map!

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Bring history to life by helping your child create her own cartouche like the Egyptians did thousands of years ago.

This science fair project idea determines whether volunteers remember more information presented orally or visually or kinesthetically.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Teenagers across the country are getting involved in the issues they care about, and your child shouldn't be the exception to the rule.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

This social science experiment endeavors to determine whether certain types of animals provide greater physical and mental health benefits to their owners.

This science project investigates the influence of different genres of movies on appetite.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

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

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Introduce your first grader to our country's most famous leaders with an artsy info board full of facts, patriotic colors and coins!