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Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Practice counting to100 independently with this American flag craft project! 

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Practice early social studies skills and get your child excited about the new school year with this fun activity.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

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.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.