1st - 7th Grade Activities : Page 85

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Hiding protein-rich quinoa and a variety of fresh vegetables, these meatballs are the perfect answer to kid food woes.

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

Banish your third grader's rainy day boredom by guiding his play group through a collaborative art project that leads up to the unveiling of a crazy creature!

Help you child learn the colors of the rainbow and paint them in order by making a beautiful rainbow pot.

Help your child make some super cute bunny cupcakes that will be the perfect Easter dessert.

This science fair project idea explores whether white light can be separated into different colors.

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

Help your kid organize her collection of earrings and other accessories with a fun embroidery craft!

Your child will rule his kingdom in style with this regal Pharaoh's head cloth, called a "nemes."

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

The proportion game combines chance with math skills and is a perfect way for your third grader to become more familiar with equivalent fractions.

Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with a colorful rainbow, a pot of gold and an introduction to printmaking.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.

You and your fourth grader can pay homage to the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada, by baking up a batch of maple leaf pancakes!

You don't need a garden to enjoy flowers. This first grade activity let's you make a lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day

If you need a way to interest your child in sewing, look no further than this felt food craft.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

This activity will keep your child entertained long after you've put away the markers and glue. Help him turn a paper bag into a self-portrait puppet!

Make a homemade doll out of recycled materials, similar to dolls made by pioneer children.

Spiders may be creepy, crawly and sometimes frightening, but not this little fella. He's fun to make and sure will cause a lot of giggling!

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

Make exercise fun for your child with this energetic fitness game that's a cross between a cake walk and musical chairs.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.