4th and 5th Grade Activities : Page 22

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

Check out this fun and easy 4th grade science fair project idea that tests how gravity induces positive and negative geotropism (gravitropism) in bean plants.

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.

This science project teaches students to classify different shapes of leaves.

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

Every year at the Passover Seder, the Ten Plagues are mentioned as part of the ritual. Have your kid draw the plagues to help him remember their importance.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

This science fair project idea determines the probability of a coin landing heads or tails.

Kids will create their own version of Richard Feynman's rubber band heat engine to learn about thermodynamics with this cool science fair project idea.

Chocolate dipped candy canes make an elegant and delicious Christmas treat that your fifth grader can make. Make chocolate dipped candy canes with your child.

Focus on tasty savory dishes instead of sweet treats this Valentine's Day: make Caprese salad with heart-shaped mozzarella.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

This entertaining magic trick will 'trick' kids into using math skill to impress their friends!

Protozoa and ciliate and amoeba, oh my! The objective of this science fair project is for students to use a microscope and identify microscopic life.

It's not always bad to think negatively -- step into the creative and unique world of negative space drawing!

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Would your dog prefer homemade or store-bought food? Raw or cooked? Test your dog's preferred diet in this fun experiment.

How good are humans at sound localization? Kids can try this cool science fair project idea to see how good their friends are at judging sound direction.

Have your child make a holiday scarf with inexpensive materials, no sewing required!

In this cool experiment, learn how to find specific gravity of minerals using liquids of different densities to see which substances and items sink and float.

Your fourth grader will hone his fine motor skills and learn to follow directions as he creates this recycled angel tree topper out of an ordinary soda bottle!

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

Make physical activity fun with this 4th-5th grade fitness game that's a twist on classic Tic-Tac-Toe.

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

Music is all around us. Bring some melody into your home with a hand-crafted door harp.

Dive into the world of cooking oil and smoke points to discover just how fast some oils start smoking.

Make learning how to calculate surface area easy and fun using this simple hands-on approach.