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

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

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

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

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

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.

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

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

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

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.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

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.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

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

This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.

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

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

In this project, a mnemonic is used to test how it increases memory.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

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