In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

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

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

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

The Math Monster will save your second grader from repetitive math flashcards. Guessing mystery math facts is a fun way for him to polish arithmetic skills!

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

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!

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Work on simple addition and finding even numbers in this second-grade math card game.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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

Create a herd of pachyderms to parade across a dresser or tabletop and take the opportunity to teach your kid a little bit about these majestic mammals.

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

In this activity you and your child will learn about the African Americans that changed history in a fun quiz format.

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

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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.

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.