2nd - 5th Grade Activities

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

Will the shape of an ice cube impact how fast the ice melts?

Use a simple toothbrush and a splatter painting technique to create this sparkling skyline work of art!

Make a beautiful nature silhouette to remember a family walk in the park or a camping trip with friends.

Make these lasting felt hearts and fill them with a sweet smelling combination of rice and spices to keep the Valentine spirit alive all year long.

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties & interactions of sugar molecules.

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

In this fun science fair project idea, kids will experiment with various methods in order to discover the fastest way to cool a soda.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

4th graders construct an ocean food web to learn about consumers and trophic levels, food webs, and food chains in this cool ecology science fair project.

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.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Create safe lightning for kids! They'll learn how to make lightning at home with this fun science fair project idea illustrating static charges and grounding.