3rd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 59

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

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

Pretty fluttery feather earrings add a light touch to any outfit. Your child will float on air knowing she made the earrings herself.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

This activity encourages self-expression. When your child is finished she will have created a personalized pin to wear or give as a gift!

Science fair project which uses coins flips to visually demonstrate the probability of an event and how to express it.

Your fifth grader will have a blast sewing this plush neck pillow--and he'll sure be glad to have it on long car or airplane trips!

Dress up the dining table with a sweet craft right in time for Valentine's Day.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

This chore obstacle course will keep your child entertained and engaged, while also helping them improve their efficiency at everyday tasks.

Challenge your child with this exciting 2D to 3D project using a sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, and scissors.

Science fair project in which you will learn more about the natural world by preserving and identifying different animal tracks.

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

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

This holiday season, don't forget the many delights of "cookie science"! Here's a confection we especially like.

This refreshing salad is tasty and chock full of fresh veggies! Your child will hone her slicing skills as she makes this delicious dish.

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!

This year, create cute napkin rings to adorn your holiday table.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

Calling all power-shoppers! This game is a fun way for kids to learn life skills, and flex their math muscles at the same time.

Tackle both boredom and mathematics with this inventive arts and craft project!

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Science fair project which examines the relationship between frequency of spider web vibration and spider's response time.

Here's a fun arts and crafts activity that has you and your child creating a book with a secret hollow!

Here's a hands-on activity you can do with your fourth-grader to practice measurement and directly apply the concept of area.

Introduce your child to the world of kite flying with Kite Frisbee, a great game that develops her kite flying and Frisbee playing abilities at the same time.