2nd - 8th Grade Holidays Science Resources : Page 2

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.