3rd Grade Math Activities : Page 2

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

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!

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

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

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

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

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

Time is an abstract concept that's difficult to grasp. But waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven on Thanksgiving is a concretely yummy experience.

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

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

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

This pyramid card game is a fun way to help your child learn addition and subtraction. Best of all, itâs quick to set up and easy to play.

Probability can be a tough concept to master. Try playing this fun card game in order to help your third grader understand it a little better.

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

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

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

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

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

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.

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

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.

Expand on your childâs time-telling skills by helping him learn how an analog clock and a digital clock correspond.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

This fun math card game is a great opportunity to discuss probability with your third grader.

In this matching activity, your kid will match the clock faces representing analog time with the numeric readings representing digital time.

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!