Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

If your fifth grader has a voracious appetite for reading, she'll be surprised to see many books she has devoured. Show her how to make a "100 Books" chart!

Help your third grader make the Scoop 'N Catch--a great choice for a fun and inexpensive afternoon.

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.

Take play-dough to the next level with this homemade recipe, adding surprising ingredients perfect for summer!

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

You and your child will have a blast baking this wonderful spin on a childhood classic, PB n' J cookies. Easy to make, and even easier to enjoy!

The ability to identify number patterns is one of the building blocks to success in higher-level math and this game is the perfect way to practice.

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

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

4th graders construct an ocean food web to learn about consumers and trophic levels, food webs, and food chains in this cool ecology science fair project.

Kids build a desert food chain, desert food web, and desert food pyramid in this cool science fair project to learn about trophic levels and consumers.

When you see those sunscreen "protection levels," what does that really mean? Try this experiment to find out.

Magnets vary in strength. Have your young scientist figure out which kind of magnet is the strongest when you have him conduct this attractive experiment.

Test out the pH levels of soil in your backyard versus soil in more wild environments to solve this science case.

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

In this Bernoulli's Principle experiment, you'll learn how an increase in the speed of a fluid, like air, decreases pressure.

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

One way to "trick" your child into getting extra practice with one-step equations is to play a variation of the classic game, tic tac toe.

Science fair project that compares the biodiversity of fungi in different ecosystems by identifying species of fungi.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Get your child cooking with this easy side dish from the Bahamas.

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

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.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.