4th - 6th Grade Earth and Space Science Resources : Page 5

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

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

With a clear bottle and a few plastic straws, you can easily make a hummingbird feeder and demonstrate the effects of atmospheric pressure at the same time!

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

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

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!