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5th Grade Science Projects

Bringing Science Home For Your 5th Grader

When science is confined to the classroom, it can become boring and irrelevant to students.  Here are some 5th Grade Science Projects you can do at home to bring science back to life.

Build an Electromagnet-  The ideas of electricity and magnetism can be hard for kids to picture.  They may know about the magnets on the fridge, but be really confused about how electricity and magnetism are related. That's why these are great ideas among 5th Grade Science Projects. For this project you will need an iron or steel nail about 3" long, an uncoated paper clip, an aluminum can, copper wire, several thumbtacks or heavy duty staples, and a piece of cardboard or wood to attach everything to, and a nine volt battery.   Stick the nail into the wood or board, make sure it stands upright.  Cut the wire into two pieces.  Coil the longer piece around the nail as many times as you can (the more coils the better) leaving some free wire at each end to connect to other things later.  Fasten one of the free ends of the wire around the nail onto the board.  Take the aluminum can and cut it into strips.  Put the paper clip on the end of one of these strips and fasten the non-paper clipped end to the board so that the paper clip is above the top of the nail, but not touching it.  Attach one end of the other piece of wire to the far end of the board, and attach another strip of aluminum to it.  Make sure that the aluminum can be pressed down to connect both of the wire ends on the board.  Finally attach the two free wire ends to the terminals of the 9 V battery.  When you press down on the aluminum strip, the nail should become magnetic and pull the paper clip to it.

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Another easy one of many 5th Grade Science Projects is to investigate properties of acidic and basic (or alkaline) solutions.  This is easy to do at home because vinegar is acidic and chlorine bleach is basic.  Observe how the liquids feel and smell.  What happens when you put them on paper.  Try letting different materials soak in them overnight things like paper, a pat of butter, old chicken bones, Mentos, maybe even a dandelion or a piece of hair.  Reinforce proper scientific methodology by using a container of water as a control.  Write down your observations of everything so you can compare and make some conclusions how acids and bases behave.  Make some guesses about whether other common household liquids are acidic or basic and check online to see if your guesses are correct.

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