5th and 6th Grade Activities : Page 15

Turn an empty cereal box into a teacher appreciation card in this eco-friendly craft project! 

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

The objective of this science fair project is to test the growth rate of a plan in a crystal medium in comparison to traditional soil.

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

This fun and easy quiz show game will help your fifth grader memorize and study vocabulary from their math, science, social studies, and language arts classes!

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

Help your kid pack her lunch in style with a recycled show box redesigned as a zombie survival kit.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

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

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Learn about the power of exponents. The objective of this science fair project is to explore and understand how exponents are used.

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

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.

Skip store-bought jewelry and show your stylish kid how to make her own beaded bracelets.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

This experiment that explores water and air pressure will amaze your fifth grader as it appears that a single card is holding water in an upside-down glass.

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

This pet blanket is a perfect sewing project for your little gifter with a furry friend. Make a pet blanket with your child this holiday season.

This gumbo recipe is a yummy way to celebrate Black History Month, and get a little practice in measurement.

Check out this activity that has your kid create her own Cubist montage. Soon your kid will be well on her way to understanding the vibrant art of Cubism!

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.