5th and 6th Grade Activities : Page 10

In this unique 5th grade arts and crafts project, your budding artist can imitate ancient rock art by creating his own petroglyphs on sandpaper with crayons.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Science fair project which measures whether tsunamis are more destructive when they are caused by an earthquake or by a meteor.

In this activity, work with your child to build a chain of strengths, highlighting their individual strengths and unique abilities.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

Kids will discover the meat science behind the meat they eat, and find out how to use safe chemistry to make meat more tender.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

Examine which metal conducts more heat by boiling water in 3 pans made of aluminum, copper, and stainless steel.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Explore the craters, maria, and highlands on the surface of the Moon! In this fun science project you'll create a 3-D model of the moon using paper mache.

Want a sugar-sculpted house, just like Hansel and Gretel found? Make a miniature version in this sweet geometry activity.

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Science fair project that compares the freezing temperature of salt water and freshwater in order to learn about supercooling and condensation nuclei.

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.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

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.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!