2nd - 5th Grade Measurement Activities : Page 4

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

During the Passover Seder, many Jewish families pour a cup of red wine for Elijah. This year, help your child create his own welcoming glass for Elijah.

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.

Make this easy recipe for Halloween, featuring white chocolate and pretzels, for a crispy, creepy treat!

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

Use familiar household items and decorations to turn estimation into a fun game!

Hiding protein-rich quinoa and a variety of fresh vegetables, these meatballs are the perfect answer to kid food woes.

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

Invite your second grader to help you measure and mix these fresh, cool concoctions!

How much does 100 weigh? Play this fun guessing game with your child to commemorate the 100th day of school.

Turn any sunny summer day into a fun and special occasion by having a watermelon seed spitting contest!

This hands-on activity gives your child an opportunity to apply various strategies to solve a problem and to check if his answer makes sense.

Pfeffernusse are spicy and sweet Christmas cookies from Germany. Make a batch of traditional pfeffernusse this holiday season.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

Use this great no-bake recipe to save energy and keep cool.

Make this delectable custard, meringue, and graham cracker pie will give your fifth grader practice with measurement and get him interested in the kitchen.

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

Instead of loading up on mayonnaise based potato salad, your child can whip up something healthier: German potato salad!

The crust is fun for kids to mix and roll out, and the filling overflows with vitamin and anti-oxidant packed berries!