Your fifth grader will have a blast sewing this plush neck pillow--and he'll sure be glad to have it on long car or airplane trips!

This science project has students collect wood samples and invent new uses for different types of wood based on its properties.

This science fair project idea explores how much force is needed to move a lever at different distances from the fulcrum.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

In this experiment we will be determining whether birds prefer certain colors of seed.

How do the phases of the Moon and gravity cause spring tides and neap tides? Does the Sun play a role in the tides? Figure it out in this fun science project!

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

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

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Encourage your child to begin scrapbooking or journaling with a personalized book covered in Washi tape that he'll want to use all the time!

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.

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

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

This project determines the age of a tree using a growth factor chart instead of cutting the tree down to count the rings in its base.

Science fair project that helps you better understand density by comparing the relative densities of cans of Coke and Diet Coke.

Any time is the perfect time to whip up a delicious batch of fluffy pumpkin cookies.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Crazy quilting is a fun and easy way for kids to exercise some creativity and connect with the past.

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

Create cake pops in shaped like eyeballs in this extra sweet, gross-out Halloween baking activity!

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.