1st - 8th Grade Activities : Page 8

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

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

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

What happens when "coffee-addicts" miss coffee for 1 day? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Can a toy car determine the strength of a magnet? In this cool magnet science fair project, young scientists will learn how to measure the strength of a magnet.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

It's not actually that hard to get energy from garbage! Kids learn how to make biogas in the form of methane with this cool and easy science fair project idea.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

This project will explore whether test subjects, deprived of points of reference, will, in attempting to walk a straight course, walk in circles.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

This science fair project idea determines if the temperature of rubber effects how high it bounces.

Learn how to tell time by the sun with this cool science fair project idea that tracks how the accuracy of a sundial changes over time.

How does smell affect taste? Ready your taste buds--in this project, you'll gather some test subjects and do a taste test to see how much smell affects taste.

In this art project, eight petals of a flower are painted in watercolor paint using different techniques, colors, and patterns.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Practice multiplication facts by playing baseball in this fun, third grade math board game.

This experiment investigates the relationship between the temperature of a candle and its burn rate.