3rd - 6th Grade Activities : Page 47

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

Take your child's knowledge of shapes out of the classroom and into the real world!

Show your fourth grader how to embrace a green lifestyle and enjoy the outdoors with a homemade, recycled picnic basket.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Add a little sparkle and shine to your Christmas or Easter decorations: make a charming blown egg ornament in this fourth grade arts and crafts activity.

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

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

Have your kid imagine that she is a TV personality who has been assigned to cover the Olympics.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

What causes dilated pupils? Young scientists will find out by applying what they already know about changes in pupil size and making models of the pupil.

Your fourth grader will hone his fine motor skills and learn to follow directions as he creates this recycled angel tree topper out of an ordinary soda bottle!

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

This easy strawberry banana smoothie is a healthy treat for kids. Make an easy strawberry banana smoothie for your child for a heart-healthy Valentine's Day.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

Create a beautiful piece of pottery by hand using a few simple ingredients, and learn about the Native American Acoma tribe while doing it!

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

The next time your child decides he needs to press restart on his wardrobe, don't ship his clothes off to Goodwill so fast.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Judgements assumptions about others can cause disconnect in relationships and communities. In this social emotional learning activity, kids will explore how to break through assumptions and create a colorful bracelet that represents unity.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Help your child make their next gifting extra special with a handmade gift box.

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

This colorful garland can be strung across a fireplace and remind you of your blessings well into the new year.

Banish your third grader's rainy day boredom by guiding his play group through a collaborative art project that leads up to the unveiling of a crazy creature!