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Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Batik is a fabric dying technique usually done with hot wax. This flour-and-water method is kid-safe and easy, and it creates beautiful batik designs.

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday during which the "new year" for trees is celebrated. In this activity your child will paint a pot to grow his own plant.

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

Test the placebo effect in different groups of people.

Evaluate the efficacy of different pain management techniques.

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

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

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Teach your kindergartener a little about Mexican culture by giving him a festive, no-cook lesson in how to make "aguas frescas," or seasonal fruit drinks.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

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

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

This gluten free recipe for coconut rice is a tasty way to help any picky eater expand her culinary horizons. She'll get great measuring practice along the way!