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In high school, students are juggling math, language arts, and science on top of test prep and college applications! Want to help? We've got games and activities to give your teen a leg up, as well as helpful cheat sheets to prepare for tests and the college application process.

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Use Algebra to Find the Best-Priced Pizza!

Use Algebra to Find the Best-Priced Pizza!

Have you ever wondered whether it’s a good buy to order a mass-produced pizza just because it’s cheap? Here's an activity that uses second-semester algebra to determine which pizza gives you the most bang for your appetite!

Write an Art-Inspired Poem

Write an Art-Inspired Poem

Create a poem that emerges from the collaboration of parent and teen in the activity of observing, discussing, reading, and writing!

Reading The Great Gatsby

Reading The Great Gatsby

Here's a teen-friendly refresher course in the plot of "The Great Gatsby", as well as SAT vocabulary your teen can use to describe what happens for themselves.

Stage Your Own Scientific Debate!

Stage Your Own Scientific Debate!

Sure, your teen can debate his way out of a paper bag. But formal debate is about more than standing behind your beliefs. Here's how to stage your own formal debate!

6 Ways to Spice Up Your Teen

6 Ways to Spice Up Your Teen's Studies!

Here are six fresh ideas to liven up your teen's study time, and involve the whole family at the same time!

CSI Science: Get the Prints!

CSI Science: Get the Prints!

Set your teen on the beat in a real world "crime scene" investigation. Can he tell whose fingerprints are on drinking glass?

Write a Science Fiction Fantasy

Write a Science Fiction Fantasy

Want to get your bookworm interested in science? Try science fiction! Here's how to get started on reading and writing about the ways that science affects society.

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What's Eating Hamlet? Reading Shakespeare

Here's a quick look at the Hamlet, the classic Shakespearean tragedy, as well as useful SAT vocabulary to give your teen a leg up in English class and beyond.

Molecule Madness: A Water Experiment

Molecule Madness: A Water Experiment

Learn what makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

Make a Better Paper Airplane

Make a Better Paper Airplane

This is a great activity for students of all ages, but high school physics students should have a greater understanding of fluid dynamics and be able to push the outer limits of paper airplane design!