3rd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 35

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

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Get this cool science fair idea to explore how arctic tundra animals change their behavior and adapt to survive in long, cold winters.

Create a haunted house from upcycled materials in this lively craft project!

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.

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

How would you dry your wet clothes if your dryer didn't work? Find out with this fun experiment!

This science fair project uses paper chromatography to investigate whether black, brown, orange, and purple are pure colors or mixtures of other colors.

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

Make your own recycling game that helps teach your child what can and should be recycled.

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

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Is your kid all bent out of shape? Try out some trendy dog yoga, or "doga," with your pet dog!

A valentine wreath brightens up any home on Valentine's Day. Craft a pretty valentine wreath out of colorful chocolate kisses.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

Add a little sparkle and shine to your Christmas or Easter decorations: make a charming blown egg ornament in this fourth grade arts and crafts activity.

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.

Make your own picture frame! Show your fourth grader how to construct the an adorable, decorative picture frame for her favorite photo.

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the basic principles of air pressure using simple materials like a balloon, straw and string.