2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 8

This science project uses Mohsâ Hardness Test to show kids how to compare the hardness of different types of minerals.

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Follow these easy instructions to make a working sundial with your kid! Find out what other cool things the Aztecs created in this activity.

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

Weave colorful Easter basket pictures out of construction paper and ribbon that open to reveal an assortment of fun Easter shapes!

In this free science fair project, build a star clock and learn how to tell time on a clear night by observing the big dipper!

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

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.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

Practice multiplication facts and geography at the same time in this fun third grade math card game.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.