5th and 6th Grade Science Activities : Page 2

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating an insulated cup that will keep beverages colder for longer than a regular cup.

This experiment evaluates if a noisy environment makes it harder for test subjects to perform tasks that require hand-eye coordination.

What is vegetative reproduction? Find out how you can clone plants and regrow cabbage from a stem in this cool experiment!

Science fair project which identifies the most effective insulator that you could use to make a winter coat by comparing how well cloth and cotton trap heat.

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

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

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

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Learn about where colors come from and how light absorption works in this fun experiment! All you need is a flashlight, construction paper, and cellophane!

This science fair project idea discovers which brand of bubblegum produces the largest bubbles.

This experiment explores the question of whether age and/or gender play a role in people's ability to remember dreams.

This science fair project idea investigates how color affects temperature.

This project will explore whether test subjects, deprived of points of reference, will, in attempting to walk a straight course, walk in circles.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating a model roller coaster that a marble can travel through.

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

This project examines Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion with a bicycle and water balloons.

This experiment will evaluate if chewing gum affects students' test performance.

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

Science fair project the demonstrates Newton's Third Law using a milk carton filled with water.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this project, you will observe and record changes in sunspots over two weeks.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Science fair project which determines if plants really do need water to grow, or whether they just need to be kept wet.

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

This science fair project idea builds models of various types of bridges and then determines which bridge design is the strongest.

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

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!

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

How do the phases of the Moon and gravity cause spring tides and neap tides? Does the Sun play a role in the tides? Figure it out in this fun science project!

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.