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This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

In this cool physics experiment, use double plane mirrors at various angles to learn about light reflection. Then, see if you can solve a puzzling problem!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Use Martin Luther King, Jr's historical "I Have a Dream Speech" to inspire your child to write down her own dreams.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

This science fair project focuses on a polymer called hydrogel super absorbent crystal which absorbs water, swelling to many times its original size.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.