4th and 5th Grade Activities : Page 18

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

Have you ever seen fruit decay? Find out if a fruit will rot faster if you open it versus leaving it untouched!

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

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!

Your child can create a vibrant and dazzling array of flowers by blending and scraping into paint, and then creating a collage.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and apply math skills in a real-world situation.

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Is cleaning with lemon effective? Get ready to give this science project some elbow grease and find out if acidic lemons can be used as a cleaning agent.

Science fair project which tests various sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks to find out whether one rock family is stronger than the others.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

Don't throw that Sunday paper away just yet! If you've got a kid who thinks she's "too old" for crafts, introduce her to beautifully simple newspaper flowers.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

Challenge your kid to use his knowledge about percentages in this fun game. Just roll the dice and race to calculate the percentage.

Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own

Work on division with remainders in this fun fourth grade math board game.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

Recycle paper and old magazines with this art project that creates a great tool for artists: a color wheel!

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.