5th Grade Activities : Page 7

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

This science fair project explains the process of how the lungs expand and contract with the help of the diaphragm.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Children learn about mindfulness tools that may support them to manage their emotions. Then they will create their own video to teach others these same mindfulness tools.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.

Want to ensure that your child's math knowledge stays sharp? This mean, median, and mode game is the perfect way to reinforce these essential math concepts.

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Kids will discover the meat science behind the meat they eat, and find out how to use safe chemistry to make meat more tender.

In this activity, your child will design their own Best Self Journal to reflect on ways they have been their best each day.

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

Chlorine and chloramine are added to our tap water to kill harmful microorganisms. What is the best way to filter these disinfectants in your drinking water?

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.