5th and 6th Grade Activities : Page 21

Bring together science and style with this sweet homemade lip balm project.

In this activity, your child will take a walk outside, listen to the silence in between sounds, and draw what the experience was like for them.

The objective of this science fair project is to analyze the effects of salinity and temperature on water.

Let your imaginative child "ghost write" the life (and afterlife) story of a made-up phantom.

Introduce your fifth grader to the Kinara, part of the Kwanzaa tradition, by playing this fast-paced, two player game!

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Science fair project in which you will start a fire from scratch without using matches or a lighter.

Challenge your child with this exciting 2D to 3D project using a sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, and scissors.

Frisbee golf is a game that incorporates the rules of golf with the fun of frisbee. Here's how to get started with your child:

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

The human knot game is a perfect team-building exercise and a fun activity that's sure to bring lots of laughs along the way.

Science fair project which measures the shadow cast by a meter stick at various times in order to predict the circumference of the earth.

Enlist your fifth grader's help in making homemade mistletoe. Every time someone passes under it, he will express appreciation to another family member!

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

This blanched broccoli salad is dressed up with kid-friendly ingredients like dried cherries and crowd-pleasing bacon.

Encourage your child to begin scrapbooking or journaling with a personalized book covered in Washi tape that he'll want to use all the time!

Want a word game to play? How about just a fun way to spend the afternoon? Get creative thinking going and have fun with vocabulary!

Celebrate Easter with this hands-on activity making your own eggs.

This science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.

In this activity, work with your child to build a chain of strengths, highlighting their individual strengths and unique abilities.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

From a Twilight novel to required reading, kids will learn about preconceptions as they predict a book's story based on the cover.

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Have your kid imagine that she is a TV personality who has been assigned to cover the Olympics.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.