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In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Learn about magnifying glasses, concave lenses and inverted images by sending rays of light through a magnifying glass in this cool science fair project!

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.

As your child heads back to school this fall, dust off those elementary math skills with our creative calendar activity!

Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

Soil and energy don't go together, right? That would be as bizarre as a pairing of peanut butter and marshmallows! Well, actually...

This game is a great way to help your child remember the names of shapes. Give it a go and before you know it, your kid will have all her shapes down pat.

Based upon traditional Indonesian Wayang puppets; kids will make their very own puppet in this activity, with movable arms that can be operated with sticks.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Practice third and fourth grade measurement skills and make a practical holiday gift in the process!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

For some good "green" fun, pull out your blender. A spinach smoothie?! You better believe it! And kids will not only slurp it up, they"ll beg for seconds.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

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

Help your fourth grade scientist practice measurement, and make a scrumptious, healthy summer cheesecake in the process!

Discover how to make fake snot with this cool science fair project idea to learn about polymers, enzymes, and more.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division through practice in this fun math game designed for fourth grade!

Teach your kid a fun mathematical magic trick! All you'll need is a deck of cards and basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.

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

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

Create a fun hands-on game to practice long division, using magnetic numbers on a fridge.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Your fourth grader can have fun and get creative this winter by creating a colorful winter weather collage.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.