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

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

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

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

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

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

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.

Play food isn't just for preschoolers! Help your child create a fun Passover craft that doubles as tea-party play food for younger siblings.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Celebrate Ramadan by recreating a scene depicting the inside of a mosque. Your kid will marvel at the beautiful stained glass effect of the finished project.

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 fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

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

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.