3rd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 28

Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Need an outdoor activity for your next party or family gathering? Try this wacky group relay game that's fun for adults and kids alike.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Introduce your kid to cooking basics as you make shepherd's pie: a traditional Irish dish thanks to the trusty potato!

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Illustrate the importance of bicycle safety in this simple 5th grade science experiment. All you need to start are an egg, a Styrofoam ball, and rubber bands.

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

Our baked French toast recipe is particularly tasty on a chilly winter morning. Make our baked French toast recipe with your child to teach them about measuring.

A great recipe for a Cinco de Mayo party or any fiesta, any time of the year!

Batik is a traditional Indonesian craft, which uses a technique of drawing wax on fabric to create patterns before dying.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

These homemade juggling balls are super simple to make and are a blast to play with. Not to mention, they're great practicing hand-eye coordination.

Your growing child will reflect on her identity and express herself with this fun and artistic photo project.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

What better way to remember the achievements of past U.S. Presidents than with a game of memory!

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Make some beautiful and unique candles to light your home.

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.

Few architectural features are as recognizable as the Russian onion dome. In this project, your kid will recreate the striking beauty of this roof-top marvel.