4th Grade Activities

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties & interactions of sugar molecules.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

In this fun science fair project idea, kids will experiment with various methods in order to discover the fastest way to cool a soda.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

4th graders construct an ocean food web to learn about consumers and trophic levels, food webs, and food chains in this cool ecology science fair project.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

Does the temperature of a magnet affect its strength? Learn about the relationship between magnets and temperature with this cool physics science fair project.

What are the effects of fertilizer on plant growth? What's the best fertilizer type (solid, liquid or powder)? Kids find out in this science fair project idea.

In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

This science fair project idea determines if the temperature of rubber effects how high it bounces.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Create a string of paper jack-o'-lanterns with this simple Halloween paper craft!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

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.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin