5th and 6th Grade Activities : Page 10

Kids will learn how to measure the viscosity of liquids by making their own homemade viscometer in this great science fair project idea.

Here is a cool and easy science project to determine the rate of chlorophyll breaks down and how it affects the color change of grass from green to yellow.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Science fair project that examines how to grow bacteria in a controlled setting, using simple materials from around the home.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Encourage a bit of mystery and intrigue by teaching your clever kid how to create and use secret codes.

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!

How good are humans at sound localization? Kids can try this cool science fair project idea to see how good their friends are at judging sound direction.

This science fair project idea explores whether mint, known for its âcooling sensationâ really does lower temperatures.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

This science fair project focuses on the use of a conductivity device that will determine if a substance dissolved in water can or cannot conduct electricity.

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

The objective of this science fair project is to test the growth rate of a plan in a crystal medium in comparison to traditional soil.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

The goal of this science fair project is to demonstrate different ways to generate static electricity and record its effects.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.