1st - 7th Grade Activities : Page 3

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Science fair project which determines whether plants are able to get enough nutrients from different types of garbage.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

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

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

In this cool physics experiment, use double plane mirrors at various angles to learn about light reflection. Then, see if you can solve a puzzling problem!

This project explores whether there is an effect on people, including heart rate and self-expressed mood, when they are exposed to different types of music.

What is vegetative reproduction? Find out how you can clone plants and regrow cabbage from a stem in this cool experiment!

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

This science fair project idea determines if the temperature of rubber effects how high it bounces.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Science fair project which identifies the most effective insulator that you could use to make a winter coat by comparing how well cloth and cotton trap heat.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

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

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

Create a string of paper jack-o'-lanterns with this simple Halloween paper craft!

What are the effects of colored light on plant growth? Explore plant behavior in this cool botany science fair project and learn about phototropism!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

This snowflake garland will bring some winter wonder to your house. Make a sparkling snowflake garland with your child this winter.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.