3rd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 32

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Invite your fourth grader to celebrate one of four holidays by creating a kid-friendly homemade Menorah, Advent Wreath, Kinara, or Diya!

Test out the pH levels of soil in your backyard versus soil in more wild environments to solve this science case.

Nothing warms a wintry afternoon like a warm bowl of soup - especially when it's homemade!

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

Discover which fabrics shrink the most in the wash and why.

Determine which kind of rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) has the greatest reservoir capacity, which is the ability to hold the most oil and natural gas.

In this activity students first send kindness to themselves and then they send it to others.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

This Halloween, your child can make her very own jar light that will shine bright throughout the night!

Wake up and create a fun, healthy snowman with your learner! As a family, create a snowman on your plate with yogurt, add some snowman accessories, and design a snowy environment.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

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

This school year, have your child decorate his very own clip board and watch him do his homework in style!

Romantic idioms are colorful and sometimes confusing phrases about love. Make a book of romantic idioms with this activity.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Looking for a customized locker accessory? Try this DIY Mirror Craft and spruce up a plain old mirror with some original designs.

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

Get inspired by the great outdoors and help your child make a quirky jewelry tree out of chopsticks!

The purpose of this science fair project is to explore whether UV light passes through some colors and not others by looking at blue, red, purple, and clear.

In this experiment, you'll make a seafloor spreading model to learn more about how plate tectonics work and create mid-ocean ridges.

Teach your fourth grader how to craft her own decorative felt eggs, a perfect way to symbolize spring and new beginnings!

Help your child find a creative way to say "I love you" with this sign language card that she can give to someone special in her life.

Tea time is a chance for a lesson in etiquette while she plays. Quality time to read a book and talk about good manners.