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

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

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.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

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.

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

This science fair project idea researches how your choice of clothing affect how hot or cool you feel during the day.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

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

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

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

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

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!

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

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

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

Make this easy recipe for Halloween, featuring white chocolate and pretzels, for a crispy, creepy treat!

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

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!

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.