5th and 6th Grade Activities : Page 12

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

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.

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

In this experiment we will be determining whether birds prefer certain colors of seed.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Science fair project in which you will attempt to throw a ball the greatest horizontal distance possible by using different angles.

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

By using your child's own activity schedule, you can strengthen his understanding of elapsed time, and get him organized along the way!

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

Your child can transform a triangle of felt into a colorful and motivating pennant sharing all her favorite characteristics and traits.

This science fair project focuses on the use of the enzyme amylase found in human saliva to break down starch into sugar.

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

This science fair project idea examines whether the colors of the spectrum respond differently in the thermal aspect when radiated by the sun.

This project explores ways to prevent static electrical shocks.

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

This homemade keepsake book is a great project for your fifth grader to make for someone special this holiday season!

Give your daughter a neat project to hold the earrings or other small items that are taking over her dresser top.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

Part food craft, part witchcraft, this is a yummy delight your middle schooler will want to make à and eat!

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

This brain teaser challenges your fifth grader to unscramble some specialized Winter Olympics language.

Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project! 

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

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.