2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 11

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

Invite your child to craft dream cloud magnets to display their hopes and visions for the future!

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Your child will have fun creating an Earth Day Plate that he can eat off as often as he likes!

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

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

Try making these hand-dipped candles with your child and help bring colonial history to life!

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

Encourage your child to take ownership of a plant by creating a care plan and following it over the course of a couple of weeks.

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

Create an outer space painting with chalk, water and black paper in this art project that explores the solar system.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

Transform a brown paper grocery bag into a hat in this arts and crafts activity!

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

This science fair project idea compares biodiversity between drops of water.

Play this fun basketball game to help your third grader master their multiplication tables.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Outfit a pair of dark sunglasses with sneaky mirrors for eyes in the back of your head.

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief artwork and patterns.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Practice conversions within the metric system in this fun math card game for third graders.