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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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Write a Thank You Note

After the party and presents, there's just one more thing for your child to do: thank you notes!

Make Fortune Cookie Invitations

Show your high school-aged child an offbeat way to let her friends know their future includes a party: fortune cookie cards!

SAT Math: The Distance Formula

Riddles about two trains passing in the night are often featured on SAT tests. Help break these problems down into five easy steps.

Themed Photo Shoot

If you're looking for a fun and easy way to remember your friends, a themed photo shoot is the way to go.

Make Hardware Jewelry

Help your teen use scrap hardware to make punk-style jewelry that lets her own unique style shine.

SAT Card Shark: Strategies for Sentence Completion

How to make sure SAT test tricks touch home? Try this game for some card-slinging study fun!

Reading The Odyssey

Who remembers their ancient Greek history? Here's a teen-friendly refresher course in the epic poem The Odyssey, as well as SAT vocabulary your teen can use.

A Crash Course in the College Admissions Essay

Even for expert writers, this part of the college application process can be tough. Here's writing activity that will get your teen ready to tackle the task!

Roving Reporter

Here's how teens can produce an audio guide of an exhibit, field trip, or ballgame, confess their thoughts in an audio diary or record a letter to a friend.

Painting with Pastels

Try this fun and creative art project with you high-schooler to teach her a little art history keep her artistic mind active this summer.

Draw a Norman Rockwell Inspired Picture

Your child can hone her realistic drawing skills as well as learn more about American artist, Norman Rockwell, in celebration of American Artist Month.

Homemade Body Scrub

Teens can enjoy a day at the spa without the expense with this quick and sweet exfoliating scrub recipe.

Become a Cereal Scrapbooker

When it comes to scrapbooks, you don't have to splurge. Help your teen preserve senior year memories on the cheap by turning cereal boxes into scrapbook pages.

Make some fabulously festive flan and get your child in the kitchen to teach him some tricks of the culinary trade as he makes this traditional Mexican treat.

Write an Editorial for the Local Newspaper

Encourage your child to get involved in the community and sharpen her writing skills by penning an editorial for the local paper in this high school activity.

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.

Valentine Sonnet

Love is in the air, and there's no time like Valentine's Day for your high schooler to learn about the most romantic poetic form: the sonnet!

Sugar Plum Recipe

Teach your child what a sugar plum is with this easy recipe that gets your child to chop, mix, and roll his way to a delicious treat.

For Filipino families, parols (stars) are the ultimate holiday decorations! Here's how to make your own.

Bake a sweet treat for Epiphany Eve, also known as Twelfth Night or Three Kings' Day, with this easy recipe based on French puff pastry.

Living Room Letterpress

Here's a DIY arts and crafts project that has your teen constructing a letterpress to make her own gorgeous, unique art prints!

Get your Teen Excited About Politics!

Teenagers across the country are getting involved in the issues they care about, and your child shouldn't be the exception to the rule.

Join a Reading Community Online!

Social networking sites that promote reading, reviewing books, and sharing books with others are springing up all over, making reading fun again.

Collard Greens Recipe

Dress up your holiday table with braised collard greens flavored with a smoked turkey leg.

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