5th and 6th Grade Physical Science Resources : Page 4

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

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

Experiment with buoyancy to learn how a submarine rises and sinks in this classic science experiment.

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

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

Show your child how to concoct a simple duo of household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added!

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

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.

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.