Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

Determines the extent that high school GPA predicts future income. Survey volunteers, divide GPA into 5 categories, compare income levels with GPA

Let your kid try his hand at engineering as he builds and tests two different structures made out of rolled newspaper. Which one is the strongest?

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

From how to make your own invitations to what games to play the day of, this guide has everything you need to make your graduate's day a time to remember.

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

Kids use applied math to build and test a parabolic mirror solar hot dog cooker in this cool engineering science fair project idea for middle school.

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.

Learn how to make a periscope with this cool engineering science fair project idea, and learn about optics to learn how a periscope works.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Determine the effect of homework on academic performance. Collect grade info at the end of a semester, determine correlation between grades, amount of homework

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Improve your child's memory, focus, and concentration with this outdoor group memory game. For 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school age children.

Work on division with remainders in this fun fourth grade math board game.