3rd and 4th Grade Activities : Page 4

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

In this fun science project, learn about what happens to cut fruit and experiment with how to stop apples from turning brown.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Learn about magnifying glasses, concave lenses and inverted images by sending rays of light through a magnifying glass in this cool science fair project!

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

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!

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

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

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

In this CD hovercraft science project, students will construct their own DIY hovercraft.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

What's the chemistry behind dyeing Easter eggs? Will adding vinegar to dye help the eggshell absorb the color? This colorful science project has the answers!

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Do hand soaps and sanitizers prevent the growth of bread mold? If so, why? Kids will find out with this fun and informative science fair project idea.

How does a compass work? What's a magnetic field? Kids will build their own compass at home to find the answers in this great science fair project idea.

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.