4th and 5th Grade Activities : Page 25

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Here's a sweet holiday recipe to make with your fifth grader: bake scrumptious sugar-dusted chocolate snowballs! Serve them at your next Christmas party.

Explore Pilgrim foodways with three heritage cornbread recipes.

In this science fair project you will make a model of a cell membrane using very simple material.

In this arts and crafts activity, you and your child will create colorful three-dimensional artwork using scrunched-up fabric pieces.

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Learn to recognize symmetry by playing this game! The more you play, the better you'll get at recognizing this special characteristic many playing cards have.

Kids learn about surrealism as they cut out items from magazines and combine them to create their own piece of surrealistic juxtaposition.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

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

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project! 

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Want to play publisher for a day? Become a book jacket illustrator for this creative and fun project.

This twist on the classic game of freeze tag spells fun for your fourth grader--and the whole family!

Filling out forms can be a great learning experience for kids. Here's how to give your child some FORMal training.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

Your child can create a special winter headband with the help of some white felt and a length of silver ribbon.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

This science fair project idea studies which kind of rock (sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic) is most damaged by frozen water.

Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.