El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

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

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your child's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

This science fair project idea studies which brand of wintergreen candy produces the most sparks in the dark.

This science fair project idea studies which kind of rock (sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic) is most damaged by frozen water.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Help your child get organized for the school year ahead and establish some important skills that will help him for years to come!

Is there a relationship between caffeine and heart rate? Students will determine the effect of caffeine on heart rate in this fun science fair project.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

The objective of this science fair project is to set up a compost bin to convert food scraps and organic waste.

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.

This science fair project uses paper chromatography to investigate whether black, brown, orange, and purple are pure colors or mixtures of other colors.

This science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.

What are the effects of colored light on plant growth? Explore plant behavior in this cool botany science fair project and learn about phototropism!

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

This science fair project idea measures the growth of bread dough and finds out how long it takes for the dough to stop rising.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Here's a review of some common (and commonly confused) grammar terms, as well as a quick activity to apply them to reading and writing.

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.