Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

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

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

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

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

This science fair project idea investigates whether air has mass and weight.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Find out whether soil amendments can improve soil conditions and help you grow a bigger beanstalk in this ecology experiment!

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!