In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

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.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

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

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Explore history and prepare for backyard battle with this samurai helmet craft.

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Check out this sweet recipe idea perfect for celebrating Dia de los Muertos.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

In this fun experiment, learn about brand awareness and the influence of media on children by testing logo recognition in different age groups.

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.