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Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Do suds equal more clean or does a sud-free cleaning agent works just as well or even better?

The purpose of this science project is to determine whether the amount of air in a soccer ball affects how far it goes when kicked.

Let your child experiment with and experience mixed media art in this introductory art project.

Compare ability of selected materials to block UV-A radiation. Shine black light though glass at detecting beads underneath. Note color intensity.

Examine the influence of the phase of the moon on moisture capillarity in garden soil. Measure and record the depth at which water is first detected.

Compare air temperature with the infrared temperature from a reflecting surface at different times of the day, in shade and in sunlight.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Measure the effectiveness of detergent containing a UV-absorbing compound in blocking UV-A radiation. Use black light and UV detecting beads.

Transfer your child's artwork onto clothing using an iron-on transfer. It's easier than it sounds, and your child will love wearing his artwork!

Science fair project that determines the correlation between wind direction and subsequent weather patterns.

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

Cookie cutters aren't just for gingerbread men anymore. Here are 8 fun and creative projects to do with cookie-cutters!

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

Determine how salinity affects the circulation of warm and cold water. Note whether the warm water mixes or forms a layer with cold water.

Use Wallace Steven's "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" to inspire your middle school teen to sketch and free-write a poem with shifting perspective.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Science fair project that determines the correlation between the ability of selected materials to conduct heat and a material's density.

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

If your first grader loves to play with her food, turn the messy habit into a clever arts and craft project.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

When your child is itching for a game, consider ditching Hide and Seek in favor of Shape and Seek. Here's how it works:

Make a sweet, budget-friendly treat for your loved ones with these trick-or-treat lollipops.

This science fair project tested various nose cones to determine which would be the most ideal shape for propelling a water rocket.

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

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

Who says a party can't be productive? Next time your home is host to a hoard of giggling children, put those creative fingers to use with a party scrapbook!