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Boost your child's imagination and creativity by having her design her own deck of trading cards.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Design and throw a boomerang in this exciting craft project!

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Create a fun hands-on game to practice long division, using magnetic numbers on a fridge.

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

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

In this project, you'll build a model of the earth, complete with all seven continents and four major oceans.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.