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!

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

Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, this make your own stamps project will be a big hit with your fifth grade or middle school child.

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

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Wondering how to help your child get a handle on prime numbers? Turn her into a prime number hunter with this hundreds chart activity.

A great recipe for a Cinco de Mayo party or any fiesta, any time of the year!

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

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

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

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

This fun and easy quiz show game will help your fifth grader memorize and study vocabulary from their math, science, social studies, and language arts classes!

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Use a recycling project to hone your childâs sewing skills and clean up her art supplies when she turns the leg of an old pair of jeans into a storage basket.

Save money by having your tween rock these homemade jeggings, a good craft for a lazy afternoon.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Find out whether matte or shiny nail polish lasts longer.

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

This science fair project idea investigates the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Help your child create a piece of spring art by shaking up the traditional silhouette art form with a colorful collage background and vibrant spring color.

Say goodbye to lost bookmarks with the flower bookmark that knows how to hold on tight!

Encourage a bit of mystery and intrigue by teaching your clever kid how to create and use secret codes.

A package of memory wire and some beads are all that your artist needs to make a bracelet. The challenge will be to come up with a design inspired by autumn.

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!