4th - 6th Grade Activities : Page 33

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

Let your fourth grader contribute to your 4th of July picnic with this creative caddy craft project.

Construct batteries that make electricity from fruits with this fun science fair project.

Need to cool down on a hot summer night? This gazpacho recipe does the trick.

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

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

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

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.

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

This blanched broccoli salad is dressed up with kid-friendly ingredients like dried cherries and crowd-pleasing bacon.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

What's the difference between a microwave and an oven? Use mashed potatoes to explore which kitchen appliance does a better job at keeping food warm.

Celebrate the holidays by making sufganiyot, or fried jelly donuts. This Hanukkah recipe is great for kids learning about the Festival of Lights.

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

This fun science fair project idea helps students learn how acid rains are formed and explore how acid rain damages the environment.

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

Develop your child's hand-eye coordination in a fun and engaging way by challenging her to a game of Drop Catch.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

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

Make some cool hearts that are sure to brighten anyone's Valentine's Day. This project is a opportunity to play with overlapping shapes and show your love!

Start a unique tradition with your fourth grader; bake and paint one-of-a-kind Olympic pins--out of salt dough!

Show your love of nature with this pretty vase made with vines. It will be perfect for holding a floral bouquet!

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.