3rd Grade Activities : Page 2

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

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

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

In this project, you'll build a model of the earth, complete with all seven continents and four major oceans.

Science fair project which determines if plants really do need water to grow, or whether they just need to be kept wet.

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!

Certain fruits can change gelatinâs ability to set. In this experiment, kids will discover what happens when gelatin meets pineapple enzyme.

This St. Patrick's day, stretch your third grader's social studies and math skills with this fun, cooperative learning game.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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!

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

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

Can a toy car determine the strength of a magnet? In this cool magnet science fair project, young scientists will learn how to measure the strength of a magnet.

This science fair project idea explores the egg's thin membrane.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

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

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

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

This easy and inexpensive paper towel science project introduces kids to important physical concepts like cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.

This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

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

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.