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Education.com's team has put together an awesome collection of creative school activities and educational games for high school students, including DIY clothing projects, delicious recipes, hair-raising science experiments, and innovative ways to practice SAT skills. Use the boxes in the side bar to filter by subtopic to find activities for high school students, educational games for high school students, and more.

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Solve Toothpick Puzzles!

Check out these fun toothpick puzzles that are easy to set up and will give your kid an opportunity to practice all-important spatial reasoning skills.

Write a Letter to Your Future Self

Invite your high schooler to author a letter to his future self about his goals and perspective on life, and then give it to him to review at graduation!

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 a drinking glass?

Signing the Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence set forth inspiring ideals of liberty. If your kid had the chance today, would she sign the Declaration?

Algebra Sleuth: Proof that 1 = 2?

Challenge your high school student to find the flaw in this short mathematical proof that one is equal to two.

Lit.'s in the Cards!

Here's a game to help ensure that your teenager hits the important aspects of analyzing a piece of literature. A good grade is in the cards!

Fun Ways to Study

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

A Guide to Understanding Savings Accounts and Interest Rates

Help your middle school or high school child make informed decisions about managing his finances and saving wisely for his future.

Pop Culture Game

This low-prep party game is a perfect for entertaining all-too-easily-bored teens, and an easy way to lighten the mood during a group study session.

Electro-Scope It Out!

Build an electroscope, a simple device that measures static electricity, or the freely flowing electrical charges of the atmosphere!

Cartoon Physics

Looking for a way to help your teen explore the fun side of physics? How about a round of Saturday morning cartoons?

Build a Pinhole Camera

Before digital cameras, before Polaroids, there was the original pinhole camera. Build a pinhole camera and see what true vintage photography looks like!

Make a Teen Years Time Capsule

For a fun activity that will have lasting effects, make this time capsule with your high school child, to be opened after college graduation.

Consumer Product Safety

Future whistleblowers can learn about product safety standards with this exercise in writing and researching.

Environmental Cleanup

Here's a guide to starting a community clean-up project from scratch.

Design a Road to College Board Game

Make thinking about college fun by working with your teen to design and plan a Road to College board game.

Go on a Geometry Scavenger Hunt

Using cameras, host a friendly contest between family members or friends to see who can find the most examples of geometry in the real world!

Write Your Own Adventure Story

Help your teen truly control his own destiny by having him write a 'Choose Your Own Adventure'-style story!

SAT Survivor: A Reading Comprehension Game

Here's a fun game to practice strategies for acing the Reading Comprehension section of the SAT.

SAT Math: A Game of Sequence

Recognizing number patterns is an important ability on the SAT. Here's a game that teaches your student some of the most common sequences in mathematics.

The Monty Hall Problem

Probability problems are often among the hardest math concepts to wrap your head around. Here's a classic example: the Monty Hall problem!

Revive French Surrealism: Play Exquisite Corpse!

Play Exquisite Corpse with your high schooler to give her a taste of French Surrealism while working collaboratively to create unique and funky pieces of art!

Papier-Mâché Masks

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your budding artist: make a fitted paper-mache mask. Once it's complete you can use it in a play or hang it as art!

The SAT Crossword Challenge

Struggling to memorize all those SAT words? How about challenging Mom or Dad to a crossword puzzle duel?

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