5th Grade Activities : Page 3

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

In this science fair project, learn how to make gears and find out why they transmit torques in predictable ways.

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

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

How do series and parallel circuits work, and which produces the brightest light in a light bulb? Construct both in this project and find out!

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

Liven up your sixth grader's study of world geography with these three fun challenges.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

Does electricity move better through thick wires or thin ones? kids will conduct this classic electricity experiment for this science fair project.

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

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Kids conduct a cool balloon rocket experiment in this fun science fair project idea. Does a greater volume of air mean a greater distance traveled?

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.