2nd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 21

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

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

In this activity, students will create a stop motion animation by creating a clay figure and taking a series of digital photographs.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Make a kaleidoscope at home to teach your child about the color spectrum and mirror science.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

Discover that the absorbency of fabrics depend largely on the shape and structure of the individual fibers that make up the fabric.

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

Create an outer space painting with chalk, water and black paper in this art project that explores the solar system.

Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Make mom feel like the star that she truly is by holding a movie premiere in her honor, complete with red carpet!

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

In this pinto bean germination experiment, you'll learn about how fertilizer aids in growing pinto beans into seedlings.

This is a fantastic and easy science experiment where kids will learn about elasticity by testing how high bouncy balls of different materials can bounce.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

This science fair project idea compares biodiversity between drops of water.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

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

Make physical activity fun with this 4th-5th grade fitness game that's a twist on classic Tic-Tac-Toe.

Choose a design that is as simple or as intricate as you like and create a stencil that you can use over and over again.