2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 6

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

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.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Valentine's Day is a great day to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and this love bug craft is an adorably simple way to spread the love.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

This kinesthetic game will help your child practice rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!