Does your child know how to read a map? Teach this important skill with an activity that makes map reading and map creating practical and fun!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

The goal of this project is to create an exciting topographical map out of dough.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

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

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Help your third grader learn time zones with this fun map activity!

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

This hands-on activity gives your child an opportunity to apply various strategies to solve a problem and to check if his answer makes sense.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

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.