2nd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 18

Explore how sound waves are reflected and absorbed by producing echoes. Analyze which locations produce echoes.

Teach your little one to appreciate all the best things in life with a keepsake Thanksgiving plate.

Make the prehistoric monsters of the past seem a bit more real with a craft that brings the chill of the Ice Age to life!

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

In this activity, students will create a peace treaty as a class and come up with guidelines for how they will manage conflict.

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

Teach your child how easy it is to make homemade pasta, infused with delicious and nutritious autumn pumpkins.

Use recycled wrapping paper and an empty bottle to make this beautiful vase for a great indoor activity when it's cold outside.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Learn about sound physics and do a survey experiment to explore the difference between sound and noise in this science project.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Help your child celebrate your family's Thanksgiving cook with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a "handy" painted apron!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Try a fun Mother's Day game for moms and kids to play together!

Photo coasters are a lot of fun, and this tutorial helps you make a unique set of low-cost photo coasters. Craft some photo coasters with your child.

This science fair project focuses on the use of a conductivity device that will determine if a substance dissolved in water can or cannot conduct electricity.

This nutcracker soldier won't crack any nuts, but he will hide candies. Make a nutcracker soldier with your child this Christmas and have a cracking good time.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Practice third and fourth grade measurement skills and make a practical holiday gift in the process!

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.