Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Sure, angles can be confusing. Here's a fun activity to brush up your child's knowledge of these geometry essentials.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Chocolate dipped candy canes make an elegant and delicious Christmas treat that your fifth grader can make. Make chocolate dipped candy canes with your child.

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

Introduce your fifth grader to the Kinara, part of the Kwanzaa tradition, by playing this fast-paced, two player game!

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

This science fair project idea explores whether the process used to dry the beans we eat for food renders them unviable.

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

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.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Create cake pops in shaped like eyeballs in this extra sweet, gross-out Halloween baking activity!

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

Have your child make a holiday scarf with inexpensive materials, no sewing required!

Make a creative Father's Day art card to celebrate your family's beloved guy!

Let your imaginative child "ghost write" the life (and afterlife) story of a made-up phantom.

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

Is your fifth grader trying overnight camp this summer? If so, prepare your child for writing a letter home with this activity!

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

Your child will reflect on the term "beauty" and the things they are grateful for. They will read the book All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and reflect on how focusing on the small and big things of beauty around them can benefit themselves and others.

Enlist your fifth grader's help in making homemade mistletoe. Every time someone passes under it, he will express appreciation to another family member!

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

This science fair project focuses on the use of the enzyme amylase found in human saliva to break down starch into sugar.

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

Celebrate Easter with this hands-on activity making your own eggs.