Kindergarten - 7th Grade Measurement Activities

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

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating an insulated cup that will keep beverages colder for longer than a regular cup.

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!

Have your child create a little leprechaun to celebrate the season and create a little mischief.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

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

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Give your child a taste of life in Civil War era America by mixing up a batch of old-fashioned cornbread, adapted from a 19th century recipe.

Using simple materials found around your home, you can reinforce the static electricity concept by helping your child build a simple device with zapping power!

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.

Get your kindergartener involved in the kitchen by making healthy cupcakes loaded with veggies and protein in this fun cooking activity.

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!