2nd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 30

Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian craft, which uses a technique of drawing wax on fabric to create patterns before dying.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

This Star of David craft is eco-friendly and will help your child practice basic geometry. Make a festive Star of David craft for Hanukkah.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Here's a fun art activity that combines measurement and design with drawing and painting. Kids tell their own special story as they create a story quilt.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Spark your childâs interest in epic fantasy tales with this ferocious dragon craft.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

This fun science project helps to investigate how much water can a plant take up and release in a certain period of time through the process of transpiration.

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

This science experiment tests if dog saliva can really help heal wounds.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.