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This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

One way to "trick" your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

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

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.

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

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

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!

Teach your fifth grader an important math concept with this quick and simple activity that shows them how to divide whole numbers by fractions.

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

This experiment examines whether storing your orange juice at different temperatures affects its acidity.

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Make this delectable custard, meringue, and graham cracker pie will give your fifth grader practice with measurement and get him interested in the kitchen.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

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

This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and apply math skills in a real-world situation.

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

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

Science fair project that compares the freezing temperature of salt water and freshwater in order to learn about supercooling and condensation nuclei.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!