High School Activities

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.

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!

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

Multiple-choice test questions can be confusing. Here's a toolbox of tricks and strategies to help your teen become a multiple-choice master.

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.

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

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

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