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Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

Make learning how to calculate surface area easy and fun using this simple hands-on approach.

Here's an adverb acting game that will have your child hungrily, unceasingly, enthusiastically learning!

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

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Celebrate Easter with this hands-on activity making your own eggs.

Increase your child's confidence in interpreting bar graphs and throw a little candy into the mix to sweeten the learning process.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

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

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Be active while learning about American history with this twist on the classic running game "Capture the Flag."

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

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

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

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

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will participate in a mindfulness exercise focused on forgiveness. Then, they'll craft a Peace and Harmony Fidget Spinner to cultivate calmness.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

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!

This hands-on activity gives your child an opportunity to apply various strategies to solve a problem and to check if his answer makes sense.