3rd - 7th Grade Science Activities : Page 25

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

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

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

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?

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

This science project teaches students the relationship between compost and plant growth. Students conduct an experiment with different types of compost.

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

This activity challenges your student to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking to program multiple robots.

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!