Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

Spice up a traditional watercolor painting project with magazine cutout letters that spell out your favorite poem.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

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!

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

This science fair project idea measures the growth of bread dough and finds out how long it takes for the dough to stop rising.

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

Kids learn about pointillism as they make their own self-portrait in the style of famed American artist Chuck Close.

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

You've heard all about oil spills, but can they really be that bad? After all, vegetable oil is in almost every yummy baking good from cookies to brownies.

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

Your child can transform plain yogurt into a healthy and tasty treat the whole family will love! She'll learn more about baking as well as how yogurt is made.

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

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!

It's not always bad to think negatively -- step into the creative and unique world of negative space drawing!

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

Demonstrate how you can make your own compass using a magnetized needle. It also allows you to compare magnetic north and geographic north.

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.