5th Grade Activities : Page 15

This project explores ways to prevent static electrical shocks.

Get your kids in the kitchen this Fourth of July and celebrate the holiday with some delicious and nutritious kid-friendly recipes!

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.

Add a creative and personal touch to graduation gifts with this clever character clip that's perfect for securing cards to gift boxes.

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.

Serve this seasonal carrot salad at Easter brunch this year, and it just might hop onto your family's list of healthy favorites.

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

This refreshing salad is tasty and chock full of fresh veggies! Your child will hone her slicing skills as she makes this delicious dish.

Help your student memorize the vocabulary needed to excel in geometry. This fun Tic-Tac-Toe game focuses on terms used when working with circles.

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.

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

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

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.

The objective this science fair project is to determine whether a bigger bag will allow a homemade hot air balloon to fly higher than smaller bag.

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?

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

Romantic idioms are colorful and sometimes confusing phrases about love. Make a book of romantic idioms with this activity.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

The special people in your life deserve a special card! Have your kid make a 3-D flower card that will let a loved ones know how much he appreciates them.

Your child can create a string wrapped headband to hold her hair back during the hot summer. Plus, it will re-purpose left over bits of string and thread!

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

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

Help your child visualize their goals for the new year by creating a self-portrait that represents all of the amazing things they have done and hope to do.

This science fair project idea determines the probability of a coin landing heads or tails.