5th and 6th Grade Activities : Page 5

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

Create a tornado vortex in your kitchen in this 5th grade science experiment. All you need are two plastic bottles, duct tape, and a metal washer to begin.

How can we make healthy choices and be thoughtful in our actions? In this social emotional learning activity, your child will reflect on making tough choices and the questions to ask in order to help make healthy choices.

This science fair project explains the process of how the lungs expand and contract with the help of the diaphragm.

Check out this game that provides an enjoyable way of demonstrating how recorded results can be expressed in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

Discover that the absorbency of fabrics depend largely on the shape and structure of the individual fibers that make up the fabric.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

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.

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.

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

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.