This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

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

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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

This easy-to-make perfume powder will keep your kid smelling fresh and clean. Got a birthday or special occasion coming up? It also makes a great gift!

Indulge in an American classic with a twist and seize the opportunity to cook with your child, helping her build those math and social studies skills.

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.

Want to help your child learn to fit homework time into a real-life schedule? Here's a tool that can help the whole family.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

Check out this cool science fair project idea that models the behavior of the cold desert plants: xerophytes and halophytes.

Practice math facts with your third grader was never so simple! This activity makes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and even division a lot more fun!

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

In this social emotional learning activity, kids will reflect on the past goals they've accomplished, then brainstorm new ideas, inventions, or goals they would like to accomplish and make a prototype to help visualize their achievement.

2nd graders with some weaving experience can turn a gallon milk jug and plastic grocery bags into a functional basket.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

Practice math and measurement with your third grader this Fourth of July by making these festive cupcakes!

Young scientists will investigate people's preferences for saltiness, and make some inferences about genetics and diet.