4th and 5th Grade Activities : Page 17

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your child's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

This project investigates the affect of storage temperature on microwave popcorn.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

Create a compass rose from sidewalk chalk in this summer geography project!

Observe corn seed germination to learn about dicots and monocots and how plants grow from seeds to seedlings to full-grown plants!

This science fair project focuses on the use of the enzyme amylase found in human saliva to break down starch into sugar.

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

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.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

This science fair project explores how osmotic pressure forces water through the root up into the plant.

Why pay for expensive plates when you can paint original designs on your own dishes? This fun activity will bring out your kid's creative side.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

This science fair project idea studies which kind of rock (sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic) is most damaged by frozen water.

In this unique 5th grade arts and crafts project, your budding artist can imitate ancient rock art by creating his own petroglyphs on sandpaper with crayons.

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Science fair project which compares the rate of temperature change and the maximum temperature as a result of the angle of light radiation.

Create a chunky, textured, tactile giraffe collage that is cute enough to pet! This is a great way to recycle old arts and crafts materials.

You've heard all about oil spills, but can they really be that bad? After all, vegetable oil is in almost every yummy baking good from cookies to brownies.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

This science fair project on testing water hardness is a great introduction to practical chemistry. Test and learn the difference between hard and soft water.

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

Learn about landscape painting—and artist Grandma Moses—in this engaging watercolor activity!