5th and 6th Grade Activities : Page 17

This St. Patrick's Day, bond with your child over delicious potato pancakes that work for any meal.

What better way to encourage family bonding and communication than to make a family directory to help everyone keep in touch?

Science fair project that determines whether landscaping fabric impacts the ability of plants to receive water.

Science fair project which uses coins flips to visually demonstrate the probability of an event and how to express it.

This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Celebrate the spirit of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech with this meaningful and educational art project.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

Make some beautiful and unique candles to light your home.

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

Teach your child how easy it is to make homemade pasta, infused with delicious and nutritious autumn pumpkins.

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

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

Here's a tasty summer holiday treat: oatmeal chocolate chip cookie sandwiches filled with cinnamon ice cream.

This science fair project compares the allelopathic affects of juglone, a chemical agent produced by the Black Walnut tree, on two plants.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

This fun science fair project idea helps students learn how acid rains are formed and explore how acid rain damages the environment.

Discover which fabrics shrink the most in the wash and why.

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

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

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Explore the math concept of probability with your fifth grader on "lucky" St. Patrick's day this year!

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