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Sweet potatoes lend a creamy texture and peppery seasoning gives a spicy kick in this fall hash recipe.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

Check out this activity that has your kid create her own Cubist montage. Soon your kid will be well on her way to understanding the vibrant art of Cubism!

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

Protozoa and ciliate and amoeba, oh my! The objective of this science fair project is for students to use a microscope and identify microscopic life.

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

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

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

Here's a review of some common (and commonly confused) grammar terms, as well as a quick activity to apply them to reading and writing.

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

In this activity students first send kindness to themselves and then they send it to others.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Celebrate the holidays by making sufganiyot, or fried jelly donuts. This Hanukkah recipe is great for kids learning about the Festival of Lights.

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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

The objective of this science fair project is to analyze the effects of salinity and temperature on water.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.

Filling out forms can be a great learning experience for kids. Here's how to give your child some FORMal training.

Have your kid determine if a goldfish can be conditioned to expect food the same way Pavlov's dogs did with this fascinating science fair project.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen his ability to work with and interpret data in various forms.

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

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.

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

This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and apply math skills in a real-world situation.