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In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Show your fifth grader how to make this fun vinyl robot to spruce up her walls. Itâs quick to construct and easy to remove or transfer from wall to wall.

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.

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

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Help your child create a piece of spring art by shaking up the traditional silhouette art form with a colorful collage background and vibrant spring color.

Recycle paper and old magazines with this art project that creates a great tool for artists: a color wheel!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

In this activity, your child will experience multitasking, then mindfulness and compare the two in terms of productivity and calmness.

Introduce your kid to cooking basics as you make shepherd's pie: a traditional Irish dish thanks to the trusty potato!

Spider cupcakes are creepy-crawly treats that are perfect for Halloween. These spider cupcakes make for a great Halloween party treat.

This science fair project focuses on the use of a conductivity device that will determine if a substance dissolved in water can or cannot conduct electricity.

Crazy quilting is a fun and easy way for kids to exercise some creativity and connect with the past.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

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

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

The next time your child decides he needs to press restart on his wardrobe, don't ship his clothes off to Goodwill so fast.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

A package of memory wire and some beads are all that your artist needs to make a bracelet. The challenge will be to come up with a design inspired by autumn.

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.