5th - 7th Grade Activities : Page 21

Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

Here's a hands-on way to help your child understand how common fractions can be equivalent.

Construct and experiment with a periscope using reflected light rays to gather an image.

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

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

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

A mobile craft filled with beautiful flying birds will brighten up any child's room.

Soil is made up of different layers. How far down do you need to dig to find the soil horizon, or the place where bits of leaves and branches become soil?

Magnets vary in strength. Have your young scientist figure out which kind of magnet is the strongest when you have him conduct this attractive experiment.

Increase your child's confidence in interpreting bar graphs and throw a little candy into the mix to sweeten the learning process.

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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.

If you're looking for just the right dessert to serve with your Easter dinner, try your hand at an Easter Bunny cake.

A package of memory wire and some beads are all that your artist needs to make a bracelet. The challenge will be to come up with a design inspired by autumn.

Science fair project which uses coins flips to visually demonstrate the probability of an event and how to express it.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Protozoa and ciliate and amoeba, oh my! The objective of this science fair project is for students to use a microscope and identify microscopic life.

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

This science fair project investigates why the number of visible stars changes from place to place.

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

This science fair project examines which fruits and/or vegetables will ripen prematurely when placed with ripe apples.