3rd - 5th Grade Science Activities : Page 19

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

What is condensation? Little mad scientists will learn about condensation, states of matter, and air pressure by conducting this cool science experiment.

Discover how to make fake snot with this cool science fair project idea to learn about polymers, enzymes, and more.

This fun science fair project idea helps students learn how acid rains are formed and explore how acid rain damages the environment.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Cleaning can be a chore, but not with this sudsy experiment!

This science fair project investigates why the number of visible stars changes from place to place.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Science fair project that determines whether mass and weight are the same or different.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to examine light refraction as it passes through liquid crystals.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

Future engineers, unite! Discover how to keep a sandcastleâs bridge from falling into the moat.

The goal of this science fair project is to analyze differences between the taste and texture of frozen and fresh food.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

Wind is an important source of renewable, green energy. The purpose of this science fair project is to build and operate a windmill generator.

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

Science fair project that compares the ecology of different soil samples by identifying which sample has the most invertebrates living in it.

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!