This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

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.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

This science project has students study the idea of human beauty.

Test the effects of left and right handedness on writing speed and penmanship. Volunteers hand-copy the same paragraph of text, which samples look neater?

Study the effect of music on blood pressure. Compare blood pressure readings before and after the listening session. Analyze results, write a detailed report.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Research camouflage products and techniques, test quality by timing volunteers. Calculate the average length of time to recognize the subject.

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

Research optical illusions and human auras. Understand why the probable cause of perception is mach bands.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

Help middle schoolers use maps, math, and history for some Fourth of July fun.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

Play Exquisite Corpse with your high schooler to give her a taste of French Surrealism while working collaboratively to create unique and funky pieces of art!

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Administer IQ tests to volunteers. have one group practice typical IQ test problems. Then compare results of the two groups.

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

This science fair project idea determines whether volunteers remember more information presented orally or visually or kinesthetically.

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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Learn about our response to scents that existed in our environment over evolutionary time and consider why scents might affect our mood state.

The objective of this science fair project is to determine whether there are gender differences when boys and girls view optical illusions.

Do people only "hear" what they want to hear? Explore pareidolia and psychoacoustics with this easy science fair project that pits melody against white noise.