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Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

Here are four chocolate bark ideas to prepare with your kids that everyone will love.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

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

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

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.

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

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

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

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

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.