Instead of loading up on mayonnaise based potato salad, your child can whip up something healthier: German potato salad!

Any time is the perfect time to whip up a delicious batch of fluffy pumpkin cookies.

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

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.

Use a recycling project to hone your childâs sewing skills and clean up her art supplies when she turns the leg of an old pair of jeans into a storage basket.

Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. He'll use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

This entertaining magic trick will 'trick' kids into using math skill to impress their friends!

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.

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

Use this great no-bake recipe to save energy and keep cool.

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.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

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

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

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

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

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

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

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

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

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

Check out this game that provides an enjoyable way of demonstrating how recorded results can be expressed in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

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!

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.

Kids will create their own version of Richard Feynman's rubber band heat engine to learn about thermodynamics with this cool science fair project idea.

Want to ensure that your child's math knowledge stays sharp? This mean, median, and mode game is the perfect way to reinforce these essential math concepts.

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

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!