5th Grade Activities : Page 28

This study evaluates if electronic devices commonly found in most households emit radiation, and if they do, how much?

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

Encourage the brain-body connection in your child with movement games. This activity will decide who’s got the better moves, throughout the ages of music!

Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, this make your own stamps project will be a big hit with your fifth grade or middle school child.

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

Let your fifth grader get in touch with this inner chef by making these delicious no-bake nanaimo bars--named after a city in Canada.

This experiment examines whether storing your orange juice at different temperatures affects its acidity.

Create a haunted house from upcycled materials in this lively craft project!

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Need to cool down on a hot summer night? This gazpacho recipe does the trick.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

Make hand-painted stemware to give away as a gift in this unique arts and crafts activity.

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

This science fair project idea explores alcoholic fermentation at work by making your own soda.

Be an inspector detective for a day in this fun mystery game that puts your child's powers of observation to the test. Perfect for a party or group gathering.

Judgements assumptions about others can cause disconnect in relationships and communities. In this social emotional learning activity, kids will explore how to break through assumptions and create a colorful bracelet that represents unity.

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

Help your kid pack her lunch in style with a recycled show box redesigned as a zombie survival kit.

Turn snack time into a healthy ho-ho-holiday activity! Make a face that looks like a cartoon Santa using fruits. It will be a fun activity that will get your family in the holiday spirit, and spice up your snack time with healthy treats.

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

Make these homemade friendship pencils for a party or the beginning of school and have a stylish writing utensil that kids will love trading.

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.

Teach your child how to accessorize the environmental way!

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

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

Science fair project determines relationship between number and variety of insects and spiders by collecting and counting invertebrates in a ecosystem.