Activities : Page 176

Meant to be fun and inspiring, Oulipo N+7 challenges writers to create new writing, use language and enriches vocabulary, spelling and critical thinking.

Introduce your child to the wonders of colorful chemistry with this simple food coloring project.

Students identify variables that affect the duration of high school romances and analyze data to predict the success or failure of ongoing relationships.

This counting activity helps preschoolers learn about number sequences and adding.

Does your child long to be the next Captain Hook? This great craft activity will provide an invaluable accessory for any costume box: a pirate hook!

Your first grader will love this addition challenge! Roll dice and keep a running total as you try to achieve the highest score.

Evaluate whether birth order influences personality.

In this experiment, students create music with subliminal messaging to try to influence people's decision-making.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Are you able to endure long periods of exercise? Find out if snorers can exercise longer than non-snorers.

Help your child learn how to protect the environment by creating a useful reference for the family with this recycling poster.

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

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Ordinal numbers, or numbers that indicate order, are the focus of this fun math game for young learners.

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.

Use a fish tank to simulate a pond! This science fair project explores the relationship between acid rain and the dissolved oxygen concentration of water.

Recycle materials found in your home to make trendy curtains for your child's bedroom. An old puzzle and some string is the perfect place to start.

This project involves the development of a website using free software online to promote the value of science.

Determine whether a hot liquid cools off faster when liquid is added before or after a two minute wait.

Make some spooky snacks this Halloween with your little trick or treater. He'll get a kick out of these deliciously gross recipes!

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

Help your preschooler create beautifully designed and textured Easter eggs using only brown and purple onion skins for a result that's just to 'dye' for!

Duct tape doesn't only fix household problems, it also fixes the "I'm bored"s in this art activity.

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

Introduce the idea of measuring weight to your preschooler or kindergartener by making a fun and easy-to-use bungee scale to weigh household objects.

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

Learn the chemistry and physics of the brain, how our nervous system work. Demonstrate that the brain is an electrical and chemical machine.

Master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division through practice in this fun math game designed for fourth grade!

Want to turn snack time into fun-time? Help him turn ordinary rice cakes into creatures that are silly, creepy, or just plain cute!

This activity is a creative and fun way to boosts a child's motor skills while giving her a lasting toy.