In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

This science fair project idea demonstrates that light travels in straight lines and experiments with reflecting light.

Dress up the dining table with a sweet craft right in time for Valentine's Day.

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

Want a sugar-sculpted house, just like Hansel and Gretel found? Make a miniature version in this sweet geometry activity.

Combine your creative fifth grader's love of nature, art and poetry with leaf printing!

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.

Be an inspector detective for a day in this fun mystery game that puts your child's powers of observation to the test. Perfect for a party or group gathering.

Discover which fabrics shrink the most in the wash and why.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Make hand-painted stemware to give away as a gift in this unique arts and crafts activity.

Want a word game to play? How about just a fun way to spend the afternoon? Get creative thinking going and have fun with vocabulary!

Get inspired by nature and use recycled materials to create unforgettable pencil holders in time for the back to school season.

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

Your child can personalize these customizable cookies for friends and family as he makes his own fortune cookies from this fortune cookie recipe.

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

Create a scented surprise for mom on Mother's Day! Make a pillowcase potpourri filled with dried lavender.

Our baked French toast recipe is particularly tasty on a chilly winter morning. Make our baked French toast recipe with your child to teach them about measuring.

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

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

Cook up a batch of monster blood this Halloween to add gory details to vampires, zombies, werewolves and more.

Kids learn about surrealism as they cut out items from magazines and combine them to create their own piece of surrealistic juxtaposition.

This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.

The purpose of this study is to determine if people can tell the difference between organic and conventional food from looking at, smelling and tasting it.