2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 5

This science fair project idea investigates how color affects temperature.

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.

This yarn heart is a rustic Valentine's Day decoration that will bring some heartfelt cheer to your home. Make a yarn heart with your little Valentine.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

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

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

A heart ornament is a adorable decoration that shares the love on Valentine's Day. Make a heart ornament with your child this February.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.

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 teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.

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

What causes sound? Here's a simple science experiment that adds a visual element to the science of sound to help kids better understand this tricky concept.

This valentine bag craft makes a chic little pouch that holds cards and treats. Fall in love with this valentine bag craft this February.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Help your second grader craft some lovely, personalized Valentine's Day cards--out of kitchen materials!

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

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.

In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.