3rd Grade Math Activities : Page 2

Add these fun chocolate Groundhog Day cupcakes to your holiday desert recipe repertoire! They're fun to make with your kids and a delicious winter snack.

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

This is a great game to help your child learn number concepts in multiplication and division.

Practice multiplication facts and geography at the same time in this fun third grade math card game.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Kids discover what a homogeneous mixture is by adding sugar to distilled water and identify the various factors affecting solubility.

Play this fun basketball game to help your third grader master their multiplication tables.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Race to double numbers in this competitive card game. Try one-digit or two-digit numbers, or more!

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

Find the area in this fun math card game. You'll help your child start thinking in terms of units as you create shapes out of playing cards.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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

Homemade Halloween treats make great party foods for an All Hallow's Eve get together. These four homemade Halloween treats are scary-good.

Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

Defend your cards in this multiplication math game! Your kid will enjoy using strategy to build equations and win points in this activity.

This activity is a great starting point for practicing mental math because it is quick, easy and involves only simple addition facts.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Practice of math facts is usually limited to drill sheets and flashcards. But kids are more likely to tune in to math facts if practice is presented as a game!

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.

Try this fun math card game with your third grader to practice division, addition, and problem solving!

Play a math logic and critical thinking game using a deck of cards. Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in this fun activity.

Try this recipe with your child and explore Ethiopia through one of its dietary staples: injera, or flat bread!

Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

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