4th - 8th Grade Activities : Page 25

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

This science fair project idea investigates the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.

Are you tired of the same old Easter egg dying routine? Does your kid love to try new art techniques? If so, try making Easter eggs out of embroidery floss!

All it takes is some colored felt fabric, a needle, thread, and a few beads and your daughter can make decorative felt pinwheels!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Teach kids about a fun way they can remember this more efficiently- the power of mnemonics. Kids will be amazed.

Discover a way to take old denim out of your child's closet without removing it from her life with this beautiful recycled craft.

Your fourth grader will gain valuable fraction practice as he mixes up a savory spice rub for your family's barbeque master!

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Your child can create a string wrapped headband to hold her hair back during the hot summer. Plus, it will re-purpose left over bits of string and thread!

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

Celebrate Earth Day by making a poster that encourages people not to litter.

Use Martin Luther King, Jr's historical "I Have a Dream Speech" to inspire your child to write down her own dreams.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

Invite your fourth grader--and her friends--to channel their inner rock stars as they make their own choreographed music video.

Repurpose those plastic shopping bags hiding in your house into a fun and exciting decoration your child can hang in her room!

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

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

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.