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Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

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

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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

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.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

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

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

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

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

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

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!

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

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.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

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