3rd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 13

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

In this Bernoulli's Principle experiment, you'll learn how an increase in the speed of a fluid, like air, decreases pressure.

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

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

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Skip store-bought jewelry and show your stylish kid how to make her own beaded bracelets.

This science fair project idea explores the egg's thin membrane.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Learn how to make a food pyramid with animals in a a coniferous forest ecosystem around your home.

Examine the effect of pressure on carbonation in soda.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

This kinesthetic game will help your child practice rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

This St. Patrick's Day, bond with your child over delicious potato pancakes that work for any meal.

Have your kid determine if a goldfish can be conditioned to expect food the same way Pavlov's dogs did with this fascinating science fair project.

Make a backbone model to explore human anatomy and life science.

In this project, all you need is a protractor to learn how to use the altitude of Polaris to find latitude on Earth. Polaris is also known as the North Star.

This activity will help your child tackle those tricky fraction word problems by way of a hands-on method.

This rainbow collage activity is a great way to practice using different materials to create texture. The completed craft is sure to brighten up any space.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.