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2nd and 3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 5

Has your kid noticed how much bigger the moon looks when it's low in the sky? Here's an activity you can do to show them that it's just an optical illusion.

Measure the Moon

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Orange Bird Feeder

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Olympic Wreath

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one  thing: baking powder!

Test the Power of Baking Powder

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Plant Pets

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Snowflake Patterns

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

What Doesn't Belong? A Categorization Game

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Bird Songs

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Brush Pile

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

DIY Bird Nest

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Watering Can Craft

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

Puddle Science: Watch Evaporation in Action

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a tasty treat perfect for consuming on a hot day.

Fizzy Water

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

Static Electricity Comb

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Dye Eggs with Onion Skins

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Test Your Tongue: Are Strawberries Sweet or Sour?

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

Discover Christmas Smells and Memories

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

Osmotic Pressure Experiment

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Hatch Your Own Praying Mantises

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Learn Where Wind Comes From 

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Tide Pool Animals

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Make Rose Petal Beads

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

Halloween STEM Building Challenge

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Take Science Home with Decomposition

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

Magic Soap Experiment

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

Kokedama

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Backyard Archeology

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.

Wildlife Habitat Certification

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