5th Grade Activities : Page 30

In this activity, work with your child to build a chain of strengths, highlighting their individual strengths and unique abilities.

Invite your kid to decorate your family's ordinary coffee mugs with brightly colored beaded rings!

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 a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

From a Twilight novel to required reading, kids will learn about preconceptions as they predict a book's story based on the cover.

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

Understanding how to make positive choices about where to put our money and time is a valuable lesson us all! Children strengthen their responsible decision-making skills by learning about consumerism and its effects on society and the environment.

Use a recycling project to hone your childâs sewing skills and clean up her art supplies when she turns the leg of an old pair of jeans into a storage basket.

Is your fifth grader trying overnight camp this summer? If so, prepare your child for writing a letter home with this activity!

Leadership is a word that can hold many meanings. In this activity, your child will define the word "leadership," learn more about a leader they admire, and reflect on their leadership. Finally, your child will reflect on how they too are a leader!

Science fair project which measures the shadow cast by a meter stick at various times in order to predict the circumference of the earth.

Bring together science and style with this sweet homemade lip balm project.

Let your aspiring poet use book titles to create a funky and visually-appealing masterpiece!

In this inspiring activity, children create and perform their very own Reader’s Theater about helping the planet!

Work on finding means and medians in this fifth grade math card game.

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

What can you do with hair after its cut? This science project teaches you practical uses for human hair.

Let your fifth grader get in touch with this inner chef by making these delicious no-bake nanaimo bars--named after a city in Canada.

Encourage the brain-body connection in your child with movement games. This activity will decide who’s got the better moves, throughout the ages of music!

Create a piece of public art on a movable wall. This scrap paper mosaic is made on a board that can be displayed just about anywhere.

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

Science fair project determines relationship between number and variety of insects and spiders by collecting and counting invertebrates in a ecosystem.

Illustrate the importance of bicycle safety in this simple 5th grade science experiment. All you need to start are an egg, a Styrofoam ball, and rubber bands.

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

In this activity, your child will take a walk outside, listen to the silence in between sounds, and draw what the experience was like for them.

Introduce your fifth grader to the irresistible fun of string art with this letter project!

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

Kids conduct a simple birdseed experiment to figure out what kinds of birds live nearby in this fun science activity.

Creating a cloud of bats is a great way for your child to get familiar with the process of folding and cutting. They also make great Halloween decorations!

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