Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

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.

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

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

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

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

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.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

In this project, different childproof containers are tested to see how childproof they really are.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

In this fun experiment, learn about brand awareness and the influence of media on children by testing logo recognition in different age groups.

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!

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.