By using your child's own activity schedule, you can strengthen his understanding of elapsed time, and get him organized along the way!

Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

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

Science fair project in which you will start a fire from scratch without using matches or a lighter.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

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.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Using aluminum is a great way to recycle and make some shiny ornaments borrowing from this traditional Mexican art form. Here's an easy kids' activity!

Make environmentally friendly, chemical-free toothpaste using one of the most common, inexpensive pantry staples in the American kitchen: baking soda.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the basic principles of air pressure using simple materials like a balloon, straw and string.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

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.

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

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

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!

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!

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!

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.