4th Grade Activities : Page 20

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

As your child heads back to school this fall, dust off those elementary math skills with our creative calendar activity!

In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Your child can create a vibrant and dazzling array of flowers by blending and scraping into paint, and then creating a collage.

Future engineers, unite! Discover how to keep a sandcastleâs bridge from falling into the moat.

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Air-drying clay gives your young artist the opportunity to make a simple bowl that mimics the beauty of an autumn leaf.

Bring the fun carnival game of ring toss to your home pool with this watery twist on the classic game.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

Your fourth grader can have fun and get creative this winter by creating a colorful winter weather collage.

This decimal game is a great way to help your child get familiar with how decimal values work.

Magnets vary in strength. Have your young scientist figure out which kind of magnet is the strongest when you have him conduct this attractive experiment.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

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.

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

A package of memory wire and some beads are all that your artist needs to make a bracelet. The challenge will be to come up with a design inspired by autumn.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Host a dog wash to raise money for yourself, for charity, or just for fun!

This science fair project investigates why the number of visible stars changes from place to place.

In this activity, your child will write a poem recognizing and appreciating the beauty inherent in diversity.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Find out which kind of bubble wrap fares best when put in impact.

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

In this activity, your child will explore techniques that support patience and learn to practice mindfulness when waiting.