Have a cool space photo competition
Send your kids to the Hubble Space Telescope News Center (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter). Let them go through the archives of images, let them download and save their favorites. Have them create a presentation in a word processor or PowerPoint. Have them describe in detail what the photos are.
Let them tour the Smithsonian Institute
Assign your kids the assignment of exploring Smithsonian Online (http://www.si.edu). There are fifteen individual museums with online exhibitions. Assign a different museum each time. For instance, you might do them in alphabetical order. Start with the African Art Museum. Have them prepare their own presentation in the same manner as above.
Assign them a science project
Go to the Science Club's Kids Do-It-Yourself Science page (http://scienceclub.org/kidlink1.html). Assign them a project listed there. For instance, they might visit the Bizarre Stuff You Can Make in Your Kitchen website that is linked there (a really cool site). Have each child come up with his or her own bizarre project.
Find a Lego project online
Send your kids to the Lego website (http://www.lego.com). Have them locate a project online there and build it. Or have them create their own project and submit it for possible inclusion on the website.
Play math baseball
Send your kids to the Math Baseball site (http://www.funbrain.com/math). Have them take "swings" according to their grade levels. Kids can have fun playing against each other, learning math all the way!
Plant a garden
This is a particularly great project, because it is designed to get your kids outside! Allow them to visit the Kid's Valley Webgarden site (http://www.raw-connections.com/garden), then let them use the site's advice to plan and plant their own garden. You may well "plant" a lifelong love for gardening. Watch how thrilled they will be when those first sprouts pop up!
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