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Kids learn how to make a simple electric motor in this great engineering science fair project that teaches them how current generates its own magnetic field.

Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

A twist on the gingerbread house, this train is made with graham crackers, icing, and candy decorations. A great 2nd-3rd grade holiday arts and crafts activity.

Check out this dice game perfect for teaching your savvy kid the fundamentals of probability.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

This middle school project examines the strength of horizontal versus vertical pointing eggshells.

This science fair experiment examines the relationship between gender, age, and smiling.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Help your child learn healthy eating habits by transforming every kid's favorite food into a healthy, flavorful after-school snack.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

This activity will have your child cutting and gluing to his heart's content. What's more, he'll create a pretty, mixed media plate for Seder while he's at it!

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Here's an investigative activity in which your child will discover real-world names and uses for sugar and find out how it is hidden in many different foods.

This activity is a great way to practice sorting, counting, matching, and other early math skills--- on the fly.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Learn how to make a mustache with these simple instructions. See how to make a mustache on a stick for Halloween, costume parties, or dress up.

Test your skills as a weather forecaster, and learn some science terms on the way!

Let your preschooler create something cute while making something delicious to eat: create bread sculptures, or shapes of bread dough!

Forget markers or crayons. For a really unusual art project, close the art supply cabinet, and crack open the pantry! Use rice to make pictures.

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Here's a Halloween, math activity: have your preschooler or pre-kindergartener carve shapes into a Jack-O-Lantern face and boost her shape recognition skills.