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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.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

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!

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.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

Here are two streamlined breakfast ideas so that mom not only gets a delicious breakfast for Mother's Day, but a clean kitchen too!

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

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.

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.

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.

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

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.