4th and 5th Grade Activities : Page 23

The purpose of this science fair project is to study the properties of sugar and examine individual preferences for sugar and other sweeteners.

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.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

make the most original Easter eggs on the block with this beading craft to ring in the Spring!

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

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

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

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

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

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.

Skip store-bought jewelry and show your stylish kid how to make her own beaded bracelets.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

These easy-to-make felt friends are created by sewing two pieces of felt together with yarn and make great gifts for holidays such as Easter.

To practice place value, here's a fun hands-on activity to get your child flipping through place value with ease!

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

Using aluminum is a great way to recycle and make some shiny ornaments borrowing from this traditional Mexican art form. Here's an easy kids' activity!

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Host a dog wash to raise money for yourself, for charity, or just for fun!

Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Talk about ice cream while helping your 4th grader work on crucial punctuation skills.

Grab some rope and a couple of rafts and you're ready to play Rope Rush, an exciting race game for the pool!