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Give Your Grades A Break Over Vacation.
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Kick back and relax over Winter Break, but don't let vacation time send your brain into hibernation. Keep your mind revved up and ready to head back to school with these fun activities, quizzes and puzzles designed to boost your thinking skills while you play.
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Brain-Teaser.com
Test your thought-power with their weekly contest, or play the archives. Choose from an assortment of mind-bending games -- with answers on the page or without. Start with the easy ones and work your way up to the tough ones.
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The Education Place Brain Teasers
These math puzzles are organized by grades 3-4, 5-6 and 7th and up, complete with hints to help you work your way to the answer.
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Look, Learn and Do
Get crafty over vacation with these step-by-step instructions, along with a list of supplies, to build kites, bird baths and bird feeders. You can also visit the other sections for more great projects to create.
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Word Problems
Designed for grades 5 -12, these word problems are designed to help you improve your problem-solving skills.
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"Mad" WebLibs Game
Name a noun, a few dandy adjectives, a verb or two and a carefully select your adverbs as you learn about grammar by playing the web version of the old Mad Libs game.
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Zoom Zingers
Daily entries from the PBS kids' series ZOOM find their way online through the ZOOM site. You can read the puzzler of the day or submit your own.
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The Amazing Time Machine
Dr. Klaus invites you on a historical adventure through time. Explore the world of the Dinosaur, the Renaissance, The Dark Ages, American Revolutionary Period, Ancient Egypt or Rome, and fast forward to see what the future has in store for us.
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Pure Illusion Fantasy Brain Teasers
Ranging from easy to difficult, these brainteasers teach you how to use logic to your benefit and think things through.
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Absurd Math
Self-titled "pre-algebra from another dimension", these interactive games use episodes to take you to a whole new level that your algebra teacher never imagined.
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A+Math
Use their flashcards, games, worksheets and homework helper to improve your study skills. You can even create your own online flashcards.
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The Case.com
If trying to figure out "whodunit" is your cup of arsenic, then get a clue -- click your way over to this site filled with weekly mysteries waiting to be solved. After you've decided the butler did it with the rope in the pantry, you can read a few scary stories, play some games and learn how to do some mysterious magic tricks.
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Mamamedia.com
A kid's Internet wonderland, this site is filled with games and projects, clubs and contests, kids' links and ways to share your creations with other kids. Shoot, you can even play with your food here without getting into trouble!
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