2nd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 9

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

In this fun science project, learn about what happens to cut fruit and experiment with how to stop apples from turning brown.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Try a new approach to working with variables and equations by playing this tic-tac-toe game with your math student.

Learn about magnifying glasses, concave lenses and inverted images by sending rays of light through a magnifying glass in this cool science fair project!

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

Learn how to make a food pyramid with animals in a a coniferous forest ecosystem around your home.

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

In this project, all you need is a protractor to learn how to use the altitude of Polaris to find latitude on Earth. Polaris is also known as the North Star.

Examine whether distilled water, spring water, or regular tap water yield faster plant growth.

This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

In this cool physics experiment, use double plane mirrors at various angles to learn about light reflection. Then, see if you can solve a puzzling problem!

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

This science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.