1st - 6th Grade Activities : Page 25

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

Your child's painted handprint helps create a lucky bearded leprechaun to bring a smile to everyone celebrating St. Patrick's Day!

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

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

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

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

Got a jousting knight at home? Try this project and help him make his very own shield.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Play a math logic and critical thinking game using a deck of cards. Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in this fun activity.

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

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

Why not change things up a bit with this fun way of making those loop-hole bunny ears that sit at the top of his sneakers.

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

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

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Help your child build emotional awareness by creating a wheel full of pictures that make them feel a certain emotion.

Figuring out fractions can be a challenge! But with this game your child will become more comfortable converting fractions after only a little practice.

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.