3rd - 7th Grade Activities : Page 36

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Most timeline activities are all about history. Make timelines more relevant and personal for your child by focusing on the hours and minutes of his day.

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Turn yourself into a personalized paper doll, along with a collection of your favorite outfits.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

Soil and energy don't go together, right? That would be as bizarre as a pairing of peanut butter and marshmallows! Well, actually...

This science fair project idea highlights decomposition rates by comparing how long it takes an item to decompose in a compost pile vs. a landfill.

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!

This project explores ways to prevent static electrical shocks.

This Star of David craft is eco-friendly and will help your child practice basic geometry. Make a festive Star of David craft for Hanukkah.

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.

In this simple circular motion experiment, you'll observe tangential velocity and learn about how acceleration and centripetal force affect an object.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.

Kids learn about pointillism as they make their own self-portrait in the style of famed American artist Chuck Close.

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

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

Show your teen how to live green by transforming old CD cases into drawer dividers and help her get organized in the process.

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.

This project makes learning the difference between warm and cool colors easy and fun. And it's a great intro to complimentary colors - great for pop art!

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Your child can twist and turn their way to creating a freestanding wire form! When they're done they can position and display their small statue wherever they want.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.