2nd and 3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 7

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

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

How does water pressure change with depth? Kids learn how pressure works underwater with this cool and easy demo.

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Make a backbone model to explore human anatomy and life science.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!