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Looking for fun activities for middle school students? Check out Education.com's collection of fun and original middle school activities and educational middle school games! These include cool craft projects like how to make a CD curtain, exciting science projects like testing the conditions that lead to mold growth, and fun math drills like a rapid-fire integer card game. Use the boxes to the left to filter your results by topic, or simply browse through our collection to find that perfect middle school activity or game.

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All About Sugar

Here's an investigative activity in which your child will discover real-world names and uses for sugar and find out how it is hidden in many different foods.

How to Make an Ethernet Cable

Start thinking about how the internet works by assembling an Ethernet cable of your own!

Match That! A Spatial Observation Game

Help your middle schooler improve his observation skills by playing this simple observation and spatial memorization game.

Make Mix-and-Match Poetry Dice

Confused about clauses? Get the concept to stick by helping your middle schooler make mix-and-match poetry dice filled with independent and dependent clauses.

Make Rose Soap Petals

For this activity your child will use the ready made glycerin base to create elegant rose petal hand soaps.

Draw Your Own Cartouche: Personalized Hieroglyphics

Bring history to life by helping your child create her own cartouche like the Egyptians did thousands of years ago.

Shrinky Dink Science

Bring back the groovy memories by making shrinky dinks using household materials, while learning about the science of plastics. Here's how to get started:

Explore Abstract Nature & Complementary Colors

A mixture of botany, exploration, Abstract Art and Pop Art color theoryâthis activity never gets dull! Start by exploring outdoors and finish with indoor art.

Compare and Contrast: Working With Narrative Texts

Put your kid to the test and have him compare and contrast elements in a narrative text by identifying how characters and situations are alike and different.

Impossible Heights: Calculate and Measure with Your Shadow!

In this math and science activity, help your middleschooler learn about proportion and measurement with just her shadow and a tape measure!

Experiment with Magnet Magic

Is your child struggling with the principles of magnetism? Here's a fun activity to demonstrate polarity and understand the basic principles of magnetism.

Get your 4th-7th grade child outside with this fast-paced twist on the classic game of tag. This activity provides good cardiovascular exercise.

Self-Portrait Project

Your child can create a portrait of himself or his loved ones in the style of Modigliani with the help of oil pastels!

Predict the Weather

Test your skills as a weather forecaster, and learn some science terms on the way!

The Golden Mean: Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio

Help your child learn one of the most beautiful mathematical expressions in nature as she uses the Fibonacci sequence to create a "spiral of beauty."

Summer Memories Book Covers

Kids will learn about the five senses with this quick and easy art project to get them ready for school.

Make Your Own Treasure Map

Turn your child's learning about ancient civilizations into a swashbuckling adventure by having her make an ancient treasure map!

Spring Cleaning Science

Want to give your teen some insight into the scientific method and get the house cleaned? This activity promises both!

Make Your Own Hula Hoop!

Help your teen make a custom, handmade hula hoop. It's sure to fit perfectly, and she can personalize it with colored tape to make it her own!

Poetry in Music

Here's a fun way to learn about rhyme in songs and poetry, and to get your middle schooler writing some poetry of his own!

Write Mythological Mad Libs

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Be a Covert Code Breaker!

Help your child work on her code breaking and writing skills while covertly developing her analytical thinking skills with this fun activity.

Pucker Up! Make Beeswax Lip Balm

Show your teen how to make her own beeswax lip balm. It's one of the simplest do-it-yourself activities, and it's fun to make!

A Dinner Table Study Game

Here's a quick, engaging and fun game you can play around the dinner table to review several different school subjects.

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