4th - 8th Grade Activities : Page 7

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

Learn with makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity!

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

In this activity, students will create a peace treaty as a class and come up with guidelines for how they will manage conflict.

In this cool physics experiment, use double plane mirrors at various angles to learn about light reflection. Then, see if you can solve a puzzling problem!

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Young scientists develop a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, and then revise their hypothesis to find out which common household liquids dissolve candy corn.

Chlorine and chloramine are added to our tap water to kill harmful microorganisms. What is the best way to filter these disinfectants in your drinking water?

A great way to cultivate awareness, focus and attention in the present is through movement. Mindful movement can also decrease stress and anxiety and increase calm.

In this science fair project, students focus sunlight with a magnifying glass and trap shorter waves to melt ice.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This science fair project idea determines the most effective method of preserving food.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Make a sweet, budget-friendly treat for your loved ones with these trick-or-treat lollipops.

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

Boost your child's listening, verbal and teamwork skills with this unique trust game in which one player guides another through a maze using only words.

Children learn about mindfulness tools that may support them to manage their emotions. Then they will create their own video to teach others these same mindfulness tools.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that light travels in straight lines and experiments with reflecting light.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

This science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.