3rd Grade Activities : Page 4

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

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

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.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

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

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

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

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

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!

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Learn how to make a food pyramid with animals in a a coniferous forest ecosystem around your home.

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

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

How does smell affect taste? Ready your taste buds--in this project, you'll gather some test subjects and do a taste test to see how much smell affects taste.

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

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

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

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

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.