Elementary School Activities : Page 19

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

This shamrock wreath will allow your child to practice tracing and layering shapes and is the perfect way to get everyone in the mood for St. Patrick's Day.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.

This imaginative shape activity will introduce your kindergartener to the world of shape and color while building basic math skills.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

Does your child know how to read a map? Teach this important skill with an activity that makes map reading and map creating practical and fun!

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

This science fair project explains the process of how the lungs expand and contract with the help of the diaphragm.

Create addition problems using critical thinking skills in this fun second grade math card game.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

This Valentine's Day, promote strong hearts with an active relay that the whole family can enjoy! It's light on the wallet, but heavy on heart health.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Put your individual fingerprint on the 100th Day of School (literally!) with this activity.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.