5th - 8th Grade Activities

Will the shape of an ice cube impact how fast the ice melts?

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.

This middle school science fair project determines whether DNA is most easily extracted from under-ripe, ripe, or over-ripe strawberries.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties & interactions of sugar molecules.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.

Learn about where colors come from and how light absorption works in this fun experiment! All you need is a flashlight, construction paper, and cellophane!

In this fun experiment, we'll find out how color affects heat absorption!

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating a car that can be powered by a balloon!

What heats up fasterâwater or soil? 5th grade students test the specific heat of water against the specific heat of sand in this great science fair project.

Students pit the heat capacity of water against the heat capacity of oil while looking at the effects of dipole rotation in this cool science fair project idea.

The buoyant force of water explains why some objects float in water. But why do some objects sink? Find out in this physics experiment and learn about density.

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

This experiment investigates the relationship between the temperature of a candle and its burn rate.

In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.

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

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.