4th - 8th Grade Activities : Page 26

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.

Create some commotion on your table this Halloween with some flying bats that'll be cute enough to cause a ruckus among your little party monsters.

Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Find out whether matte or shiny nail polish lasts longer.

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

Prove that the Earth is not flat. The objective of this science fair project is to measure the angle of the sun and calculate the circumference of the Earth.

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Science fair project which uses coins flips to visually demonstrate the probability of an event and how to express it.