Social Studies Activities : Page 12

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Help your child appreciate grandparents, history, and societal changes while making a poster handmade, heartfelt grandparent's day craft.

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Explore the negative and positive consequences of stereotypes.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

This experiment investigates whether there are certain sounds that affect men and women differently

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Science fair project that studies how the brain transforms man-made symbols into meaningful concepts.

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

This science fair project idea discovers the average time it takes for a person to remember something completely.

Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Get your child excited for the seemingly stuffier side of these chilly months with a mock debate.

The objective of this sociologically-inclined experiment is to evaluate whether kids' toy preferences are hardwired or develop as they grow.

Make this star-spangled greeting for the door to make all your guests feel welcome for the next patriotic holiday.

This project is about after-images and what possibly affects them.

This gluten free recipe for coconut rice is a tasty way to help any picky eater expand her culinary horizons. She'll get great measuring practice along the way!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Teach your kindergartener a little about Mexican culture by giving him a festive, no-cook lesson in how to make "aguas frescas," or seasonal fruit drinks.

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.