1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 9

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

What is the best stain remover for clothes? In this fun and easy science fair project idea, students will identify the best method for laundry stain removal.

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

This science fair project idea examines whether plants are still able to grow normally if they are turned upside-down.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

How can we make healthy choices and be thoughtful in our actions? In this social emotional learning activity, your child will reflect on making tough choices and the questions to ask in order to help make healthy choices.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Is there a relationship between caffeine and heart rate? Students will determine the effect of caffeine on heart rate in this fun science fair project.

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.