1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 10

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This science fair project idea investigates how color affects temperature.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

Your child can re-purpose any used (and cleaned) can into a colorful container to hold Dad's pens and pencils on his desk!

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Wake up and create a fun, healthy snowman with your learner! As a family, create a snowman on your plate with yogurt, add some snowman accessories, and design a snowy environment.

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

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

This science fair project idea creates a sedimentary rock and to investigate what takes place during the rock cycle.

Celebrate all your wonderful tongue taste buds with a giant paper tongue project -- you'll even get to decorate it with actual pieces of candy!

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Yarn ornaments are a beautiful and crafty way to celebrate the holidays. Make a set of yarn ornaments with your child, then hang them on your Christmas tree.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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.

Check out this cool science fair project on identifying rocks and minerals for kids.

Learners can hone their cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.