4th and 5th Grade Social Studies Activities : Page 4

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

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

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

Capture a bit of mythological magic with this clever sock craft!

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Mix up a batch of molasses cookies, and you'll have a delicious chance to teach your child some math and social studies in the process!

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

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

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

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

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

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

Attention, Anglophiles! Get your fill of artsy crafts and historical fun with this jewelry project.

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.