2nd - 5th Grade Math Activities : Page 4

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Teach your fifth grader an important math concept with this quick and simple activity that shows them how to divide whole numbers by fractions.

Exponents can be tricky to learn. Fortunately this game provides plenty of multiplication practice for your math student!

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

This fun math card game is a great opportunity to discuss probability with your third grader.

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

This decimal game is a great way to help your child get familiar with how decimal values work.

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

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

Play this fun basketball game to help your third grader master their multiplication tables.

Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. He'll use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide!

Simple and straightforward, this money math game helps kids practice counting, adding change, and working with decimals.

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

When you're studying the Mayflower, numbers can be an important part of the history...and a great chance to practice elementary math!

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

Teach your kid a fun mathematical magic trick! All you'll need is a deck of cards and basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child the helpful strategy of adding quickly to 10 in this fun and easy-to-make card game!

In this science experiment, observe convection currents forming and learn about how heat energy moves in liquids from hot to cooler areas through convection.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

Kids discover what a homogeneous mixture is by adding sugar to distilled water and identify the various factors affecting solubility.

Race to double numbers in this competitive card game. Try one-digit or two-digit numbers, or more!

Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

Analyze this simple betting game with your fourth grade student in order to discuss probability.

This footwear-focused activity introduces fractions as part of a set and it's the perfect way to generate excitement about fraction concepts.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

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

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.