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

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!

Petanque, a traditional French lawn game, is a wonderful activity to entertain groups of kids and help them learn a little bit about other cultures.

It's not always bad to think negatively -- step into the creative and unique world of negative space drawing!

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

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Dive into the world of cooking oil and smoke points to discover just how fast some oils start smoking.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Science fair project in which you will learn more about the natural world by preserving and identifying different animal tracks.

Introduce your child to the world of kite flying with Kite Frisbee, a great game that develops her kite flying and Frisbee playing abilities at the same time.

Your child will reflect on the term "beauty" and the things they are grateful for. They will read the book All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and reflect on how focusing on the small and big things of beauty around them can benefit themselves and others.

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.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

This science experiment tests if dog saliva can really help heal wounds.

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Science fair project in which you will start a fire from scratch without using matches or a lighter.

Use Martin Luther King, Jr's historical "I Have a Dream Speech" to inspire your child to write down her own dreams.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

Next time your fifth grader's in the mood for a tasty treat, try whipping up some homemade drop scones!

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.