3rd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 2

Did you know your body is full of simple machines? This project looks at one of the third-class levers in the human body: your arm!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

In this fun science fair project idea, kids will experiment with various methods in order to discover the fastest way to cool a soda.

Science fair project which determines whether plants are able to get enough nutrients from different types of garbage.

Learn about where colors come from and how light absorption works in this fun experiment! All you need is a flashlight, construction paper, and cellophane!

Learn how to make an anemometer with step-by-step instructions in this cool science fair project idea for 4th grade.

This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

What heats up fasterâwater or soil? 5th grade students test the specific heat of water against the specific heat of sand in this great science fair project.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

Science fair project which determines if plants really do need water to grow, or whether they just need to be kept wet.

Check out this fun and easy science fair project idea on germination of a seed and learn to identify exterior and interior parts of a bean seed.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

This science fair project idea discovers which brand of bubblegum produces the largest bubbles.

In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

Tired of gum with flavor that lasts for just a couple of minute? Put gum to the test with this chewy science experiment!

In this activity, learners will discover how to make a basic water filtration system using common materials found around the house or outside.

Check out this cool science fair project on identifying rocks and minerals for kids.