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Save some money this Halloween and work out fine motor skills by helping your child make his very own computer costume.

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

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Try this washi tape craft for Fatherâs Day, and combine cutting-edge crafting with technology for a colorful, useful gift for Dad.

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Here's a TV you won't mind your kids staring at for hours. When kids are in charge of the programming, it's hard to see it as anything but educational!

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

Find out whether optical mice are useful on all surfaces or if there are drawbacks to this supposedly superior solution to the traditional roller-ball mouse.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot initiate a domino effect.

This activity challenges your student to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking to program multiple robots.

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

Give your child a glimpse of how another set of students approach reading by teaching him how the blind use braille.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Teach your child Morse code, and a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

Kids write about their favorite parts of school in 100 words to celebrate 100 days of school in this 5th grade writing activity.

Practice third and fourth grade measurement skills and make a practical holiday gift in the process!

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.