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How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

In this activity, students will create a stop motion animation by creating a clay figure and taking a series of digital photographs.

Is your child struggling to remember the rules of place value? Here's a fun series of hands-on activities to help your child put the value in place value!

Photo coasters are a lot of fun, and this tutorial helps you make a unique set of low-cost photo coasters. Craft some photo coasters with your child.

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

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

Practice math facts with your third grader was never so simple! This activity makes addition, subtraction, multiplication, and even division a lot more fun!

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Boost your child's imagination and creativity by having her design her own deck of trading cards.

From a Twilight novel to required reading, kids will learn about preconceptions as they predict a book's story based on the cover.

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

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

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Instead of drilling facts, grab sidewalk chalk and head outside for a rousing game of this Math Run game. Play the Math Run game with your child.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Want to ensure that your child's math knowledge stays sharp? This mean, median, and mode game is the perfect way to reinforce these essential math concepts.

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, this make your own stamps project will be a big hit with your fifth grade or middle school child.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.