Social Studies Activities : Page 7

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

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

Encourage your child to learn about the Japanese culture as you make a traditional Japanese fan out of paper.

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

This science fair project idea examines whether people can decode scrambled messages.

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

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

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

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Determine the effect of homework on academic performance. Collect grade info at the end of a semester, determine correlation between grades, amount of homework

Make Korean vegetable pancakes with your child! This dish is delicious way to get your child cooking as you introduce her to recipes from different cultures.

Science fair project that studies how the brain transforms man-made symbols into meaningful concepts.

This experiment uses personality assessments to evaluate if certain personality traits are more common in people with unusual first names.

Learn about our cognitive capacity of attention and to learn about factors that influence attention.

Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.

In this activity, your child will create a fun lion mask and learn a little about Chinese culture too!

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

How well can people recall what they have observed. Test your knowledge in this fun experiment.

This simple movement activity helps improve listening skills, as your child will be required to discriminate between sound and silence.

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

Test whether spot magnets can help improve the symptoms of an injury.

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

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

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

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Do human lie detectors exist? Charge up your powers of observation to see if you can tell a lie from the truth.

Add a little island flavor to your next lazy afternoon with a Hawaiian arts and craft project!

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time