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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.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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!

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

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

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.

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

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

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

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

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

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

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

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

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

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

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.

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

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

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