5th Grade Activities : Page 9

This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Improve critical thinking and logic skills as you compete to win in this fun, educational card game.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Learn about the effect of artificial light on plant growth versus natural sunlight and delve into some biology and botany concepts in this science project.

Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. He'll use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.

Mummy chic or rag-tag retro? Catch the oldest trend in bandaged jewelry!

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Romantic idioms are colorful and sometimes confusing phrases about love. Make a book of romantic idioms with this activity.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Examine the effect of pressure on carbonation in soda.

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

How good are humans at sound localization? Kids can try this cool science fair project idea to see how good their friends are at judging sound direction.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

Teach your child some scientific basics as you explore the densities of various liquids in this fun experiment.

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

Be active while learning about American history with this twist on the classic running game "Capture the Flag."

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.