4th and 5th Grade Physical Science Activities : Page 3

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

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

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

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

Amaze your kids by separating a salt and pepper mixture using an "electric spoon" charged with wool.

Conduct a simple science experiment to see if flowers from your garden pass the acid-base indicator test with this exciting chemistry activity.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

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.

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

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.

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

It's food. It's Thanksgiving tradition. And guess what: Cranberry Sauce is also science! Try our simple recipe/experiment.

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

Show your child how to concoct a simple duo of household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added!

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Using an empty tennis ball can and a swimming pool, you will determine if it's possible to have a conversation under water.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

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

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

Popsicles aren't just for the summertime, this activity takes cold and turns it into a creative and tasty science experiment.

A simple science experiment exploring the physics of water pressure that's been amazing people since Medieval times.

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.