3rd - 7th Grade Activities : Page 3

Kids will love making sugar crystals in this sugar crystal science fair project which teaches important chemistry concepts like saturation and solubility.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

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

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

This project examines Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion with a bicycle and water balloons.

What causes the seasons to change? Kids find out by modeling the earth's tilt using a globe, flashlight and graph paper in this cool science fair project idea.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

This experiment explores the question of whether age and/or gender play a role in people's ability to remember dreams.

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

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!

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces him to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Science fair project which identifies the most effective insulator that you could use to make a winter coat by comparing how well cloth and cotton trap heat.

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

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

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!

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

In science fair projects, middle school students discover why nitrogen fixing bacteria are important to plant growth.

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.

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

In this science experiment, do tensile strength test on fishing line, a strand of hair, a rubber band, and any other materials you're curious about!

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

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

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

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.