Elementary School Measurement Activities : Page 4

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Add these fun chocolate Groundhog Day cupcakes to your holiday desert recipe repertoire! They're fun to make with your kids and a delicious winter snack.

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

These pretzel reindeer cookies are a great holiday recipe for kids to make. Rudolph and the whole gang agree!

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Any time is the perfect time to whip up a delicious batch of fluffy pumpkin cookies.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

Science fair project that compares the freezing temperature of salt water and freshwater in order to learn about supercooling and condensation nuclei.

Topped with roasted pumpkin, prosciutto, herbs, and feta, these pita pizzas are a healthy, seasonal alternative to your classic pie.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

Whatever is stacked in your cupboard can be used to help your child learn how to compare fractions and decimals. A great hands-on math lesson!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.