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This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

Discover that the absorbency of fabrics depend largely on the shape and structure of the individual fibers that make up the fabric.

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

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.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

Let your imaginative child "ghost write" the life (and afterlife) story of a made-up phantom.

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

Create a haunted house from upcycled materials in this lively craft project!

Will storing cucumbers and tomatoes in the fridge destroy their unique flavors? Find out in this science fair project idea!

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.