4th - 6th Grade Activities : Page 2

Students pit the heat capacity of water against the heat capacity of oil while looking at the effects of dipole rotation in this cool science fair project idea.

In this design challenge, students will be tasked with creating a bouncy ball polymer!

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating a model roller coaster that a marble can travel through.

Discover how and which salt melts ice the quickest.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Learn how to make an anemometer with step-by-step instructions in this cool science fair project idea for 4th grade.

What is vegetative reproduction? Find out how you can clone plants and regrow cabbage from a stem in this cool experiment!

Science fair project which determines whether plants are able to get enough nutrients from different types of garbage.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

This science fair project idea determines if the temperature of rubber effects how high it bounces.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

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 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.

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.

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!