2nd and 3rd Grade Math Activities

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

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

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

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!

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

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

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

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

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?

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

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

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

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.

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

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

The goal of this golf science fair science fair project is to determine whether the temperature of a golf ball affects its elasticity and its rebound.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

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

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Create addition problems using critical thinking skills in this fun second grade math card game.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.