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Need to cool down on a hot summer night? This gazpacho recipe does the trick.

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

Turn your leftover cranberry dressing into a sweet, rich bread with this holiday recipe.

In this activity, your child will explore techniques that support patience and learn to practice mindfulness when waiting.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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!

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

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

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

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

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

For a fun activity that takes the dull out of decimals, show you child how to gain a better understanding of decimals...as dollar amounts!

Challenge your child with this exciting 2D to 3D project using a sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, and scissors.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

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

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

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

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

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!