2nd - 5th Grade Math Activities

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Review fractions with your budding mathematician when you play this fun, educational math board game.

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

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

In this science fair project, we learn how air molecules move as a result of density, convection, and air currents.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

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.

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

Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness as your exercise with dice! It's a perfect party or family game.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

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