Fifth Grade Physical Science Activities

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

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

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

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!

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

Believe it or not, the common spud has enough electrochemical energy to power a small digital clock. Show your sixth grader how!

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

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

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!

Turn the common time killer of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

Help your child understand surface tension by showing her how she can create a "skin" on top of water.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

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

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

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

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!