Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

Your fifth grader will love dreaming up special fortunes and embedding them in mouthwatering cupcakes for friends and family.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

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 determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

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!

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

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.

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

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

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

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 science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.

Explore the math concept of probability with your fifth grader on "lucky" St. Patrick's day this year!

The proportion game combines chance with math skills and is a perfect way for your third grader to become more familiar with equivalent fractions.

Let these cute shamrock earrings bring the luck of the Irish to your fifth grader's ears!

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

Invite your fifth grader to design a fleet of miniature paddle boats to race in the family bathtub.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

This science fair project idea examines whether the colors of the spectrum respond differently in the thermal aspect when radiated by the sun.

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

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

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.