5th - 8th Grade Activities : Page 11

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

Invite your fifth grader to test the different rates of liquid absorption in synthetic and cotton materials, such as nylon and cotton.

Total alkalinity and pH personal care products are controlled to prevent skin irritation. Learn more about basic and acidic substances in this science project.

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

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

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

This science fair project idea investigates the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Science fair project in which you will attempt to throw a ball the greatest horizontal distance possible by using different angles.

Science fair project idea examines validity of mood ring predictions. Analyze accuracy of results, consider the impact of temperature

Sick of the same old arts and crafts projects? Try a new kind of art--string art!

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

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

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

In this activity, your child will explore the difference between boredom and curiosity in building greater attentiveness and happiness in the present moment.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the basic principles of air pressure using simple materials like a balloon, straw and string.

Sweet potatoes lend a creamy texture and peppery seasoning gives a spicy kick in this fall hash recipe.

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

How good are humans at sound localization? Kids can try this cool science fair project idea to see how good their friends are at judging sound direction.

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.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

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

Make learning how to calculate surface area easy and fun using this simple hands-on approach.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!