Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

Invite your fifth grader to design a fleet of miniature paddle boats to race in the family bathtub.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Challenge your kid to use his knowledge about percentages in this fun game. Just roll the dice and race to calculate the percentage.

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

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.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

Movement activities are crucial for developing minds and bodies. Animal movements, in particular, encourage children to think about their own body mechanics in comparison with animals they may have observed.

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

This brain teaser challenges your fifth grader to unscramble some specialized Winter Olympics language.

Creating a cloud of bats is a great way for your child to get familiar with the process of folding and cutting. They also make great Halloween decorations!

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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 is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Cool down this summer and stay active, too, with a wet clothes relay! 

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

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

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

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.