4th - 6th Grade Activities : Page 15

Make a string art tree to celebrate the holiday season with your kid. This string art tree craft allows you make a unique decoration using simple ingredients.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Kids think of 25 ways to live healthier, more active lives and come up with a plan to put into action in this middle school heath activity.

This science fair project idea researches the different layers of the atmosphere and creates a visual representation of the atmospheric layers.

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

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

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.

Let these cute shamrock earrings bring the luck of the Irish to your fifth grader's ears!

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

This science fair project uses paper chromatography to investigate whether black, brown, orange, and purple are pure colors or mixtures of other colors.

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

Try to pop other opponents balloons while trying to protect your own. This exciting game is sure to be a hit with the kids at your next party!

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

This science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

This science fair project idea explores whether color affects a person's emotional state.

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

Examine the effect of pressure on carbonation in soda.

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

Get your kindergartener involved in the kitchen by making healthy cupcakes loaded with veggies and protein in this fun cooking activity.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. He'll use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

Glass is see-through, but usually you can still see that it is there. In this experiment, we use baby oil to make glass go completely invisible.

Help your child make their next gifting extra special with a handmade gift box.

Help your fifth grader honor Black History month and the musical genre of jazz by crafting decorative music notes embellished with jazz musical instruments.