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Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

Learn how to make onigiri, a popular Japanese snack.

Using aluminum is a great way to recycle and make some shiny ornaments borrowing from this traditional Mexican art form. Here's an easy kids' activity!

Got a jousting knight at home? Try this project and help him make his very own shield.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Invite your fourth grader--and her friends--to channel their inner rock stars as they make their own choreographed music video.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Get kids excited about gathering their school supplies by teaching them how to make their own writing supplies!

Learn how to make an anemometer with step-by-step instructions in this cool science fair project idea for 4th grade.

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

Practice third and fourth grade measurement skills and make a practical holiday gift in the process!

Demonstrate how you can make your own compass using a magnetized needle. It also allows you to compare magnetic north and geographic north.

Eating a healthy breakfast starts the day out right, and your child can make something tasty and nutritious while honing her culinary skills!

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

For kids who prefer to do homework flopped on a rug, this practical caddy can make all the difference!

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

Make your own picture frame! Show your fourth grader how to construct the an adorable, decorative picture frame for her favorite photo.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

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

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

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.

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

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.

For some good "green" fun, pull out your blender. A spinach smoothie?! You better believe it! And kids will not only slurp it up, they"ll beg for seconds.