3rd - 5th Grade Math Activities

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

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

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.

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!

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!

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

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!

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

Want to ensure that your child's math knowledge stays sharp? This mean, median, and mode game is the perfect way to reinforce these essential math concepts.

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

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

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.

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

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Practice multiplication facts by playing baseball in this fun, third grade 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.

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

The goal of this golf science fair science fair project is to determine whether the temperature of a golf ball affects its elasticity and its rebound.

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

Check out this game that provides an enjoyable way of demonstrating how recorded results can be expressed in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

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