Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

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

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

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

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

In this project, different childproof containers are tested to see how childproof they really are.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

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