5th Grade Activities : Page 5

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

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.

Try a new approach to working with variables and equations by playing this tic-tac-toe game with your math student.

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

In this cool physics experiment, use double plane mirrors at various angles to learn about light reflection. Then, see if you can solve a puzzling problem!

This science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Check out this fun and easy science fair project idea on germination of a seed and learn to identify exterior and interior parts of a bean seed.

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

Find out which type of sponge holds the most water.

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

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

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?

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

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

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

Is there a relationship between caffeine and heart rate? Students will determine the effect of caffeine on heart rate in this fun science fair project.

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.

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

This science fair project idea researches the different layers of the atmosphere and creates a visual representation of the atmospheric layers.