5th Grade Activities : Page 12

Skip store-bought jewelry and show your stylish kid how to make her own beaded bracelets.

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

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

If your fifth grader has a voracious appetite for reading, she'll be surprised to see many books she has devoured. Show her how to make a "100 Books" chart!

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

Wondering how to help your child get a handle on prime numbers? Turn her into a prime number hunter with this hundreds chart activity.

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Science fair project which will teach you more about the foods that you eat, and learn which ones are healthier choices.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that light travels in straight lines and experiments with reflecting light.

Find out whether matte or shiny nail polish lasts longer.

This science fair project idea explores substances that cause a bubble to last longer.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

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

Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

The objective of this science fair project is to test the growth rate of a plan in a crystal medium in comparison to traditional soil.

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

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

Want a sugar-sculpted house, just like Hansel and Gretel found? Make a miniature version in this sweet geometry activity.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Help your child create her very own invention just like Leonardo da Vinci as she develops her critical thinking skills and lets her imagination soar!

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

This science fair project idea studies which kind of rock (sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic) is most damaged by frozen water.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

Have you ever seen fruit decay? Find out if a fruit will rot faster if you open it versus leaving it untouched!

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