3rd and 4th Grade Activities : Page 15

Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!

In this activity, your child will learn about the different parts of the brain and how mindfulness can build connections of calm.

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

Children learn about mindfulness tools that may support them to manage their emotions. Then they will create their own video to teach others these same mindfulness tools.

Play this fun basketball game to help your third grader master their multiplication tables.

Make a backbone model to explore human anatomy and life science.

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

Explore African and Asian traditions with this recipe for homemade henna ink!

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Discover that the absorbency of fabrics depend largely on the shape and structure of the individual fibers that make up the fabric.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

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

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

Help your crafty kid make rocket-shaped party favors to hand out to friends and family on Independence Day!

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.

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

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

This science fair project idea investigates whether plants can survive being frozen.

Teach your kid a fun mathematical magic trick! All you'll need is a deck of cards and basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Examine the effect of pressure on carbonation in soda.

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

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

Learners can hone their cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!