3rd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 6

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

Do hand soaps and sanitizers prevent the growth of bread mold? If so, why? Kids will find out with this fun and informative science fair project idea.

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

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.