1st - 3rd Grade Measurement Activities : Page 3

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

In this science fair project, we'll use a liquid crystal thermometer to find out whether exercising makes a difference in people's temperature.

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Make this delicious warm apple bread for Hanukkah.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

If you're looking for a fun way to have your child gain practice pattern-making while working out fine motor skills, making Washi eggs is the perfect activity.

Stringy orange ghoul guts are actually a healthy and gross-looking appetizer for your child's Halloween party.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

Hiding protein-rich quinoa and a variety of fresh vegetables, these meatballs are the perfect answer to kid food woes.

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!