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.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

Part food craft, part witchcraft, this is a yummy delight your middle schooler will want to make à and eat!

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

Learn how to tell time by the sun with this cool science fair project idea that tracks how the accuracy of a sundial changes over time.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

This project determines the age of a tree using a growth factor chart instead of cutting the tree down to count the rings in its base.

This experiment examines whether storing your orange juice at different temperatures affects its acidity.

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

How do the phases of the Moon and gravity cause spring tides and neap tides? Does the Sun play a role in the tides? Figure it out in this fun science project!

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

This science project uses Mohsâ Hardness Test to show kids how to compare the hardness of different types of minerals.

Teach your child golf without the clubs! Introduce her to Pebble Golf, a fun beach game and a great way to develop her depth perception.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

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

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

In this experiment, students find out what happens when a less-dense fluid interacts with a denser one, replicating the effect of cooler solid rock on magma.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

In this fun experiment, we'll find out how color affects heat absorption!

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.