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

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

Have you ever seen fruit decay? Find out if a fruit will rot faster if you open it versus leaving it untouched!

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

This fun activity will have your child creating a Halloween-themed bookmark to use throughout the Halloween season. All they have to do is follow the directions on the legend!

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.

Here's an activity that lets your third grader, fourth grader, or fifth grader bring the warmth and light of lanterns into your home by making his own.

Your child can build the home of her dreams by creating a truly imaginative model. She'll get to draft her own blueprints to design her masterpiece!

Make a clay sculpture of a fall tree to celebrate the changing seasons and bring out the artist in your third grader.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!