2nd - 7th Grade Activities : Page 9

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

This science fair project idea explores the different properties of matter.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating an insulated cup that will keep beverages colder for longer than a regular cup.

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her style.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Learn whether Mylar Balloons last longer than Latex Balloons or vice versa.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a rainbow card filled with three dimensional four leaf clovers!

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

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.

Capture a bit of magic with these mesmerizing ice balloons!

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine which conditions and materials quicken the composting process to make the best compost.

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

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

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

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

This science fair project idea determines if the color of light affects the growth of plants.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

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.