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Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

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.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Science fair project which measures the shadow cast by a meter stick at various times in order to predict the circumference of the earth.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Protozoa and ciliate and amoeba, oh my! The objective of this science fair project is for students to use a microscope and identify microscopic life.

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

In this activity, work with your child to build a chain of strengths, highlighting their individual strengths and unique abilities.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

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.

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

In this activity, students will create a peace treaty as a class and come up with guidelines for how they will manage conflict.

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

Here's a fun family activity: have your child make a cameo appearance by creating and drawing on their own silhouettes!

Is your child struggling to remember the rules of place value? Here's a fun series of hands-on activities to help your child put the value in place value!

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Create a silhouetted Halloween candle holder with this upcycled activity!

In this activity, your child will use two powerful questions to investigate a thought and the truth behind it. They will write and perform a skit using mindfulness and these important questions.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Based upon traditional Indonesian Wayang puppets; kids will make their very own puppet in this activity, with movable arms that can be operated with sticks.

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Show your fourth grader how to use sequins to create a gorgeous, gold-plated Easter egg.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

In this activity, your child will use mindfulness to practice staying as still as they can. Then, during a freeze dance activity, they will pay attention to the constellation of sensations and feelings throughout parts of their bodies.