2nd - 5th Grade Math Activities

Science fair project in which you will examine how crystals are formed by creating your own crystal using charcoal briquettes, salt, and ammonia.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Competitors go head-to-head only this time it's a race to figure out the lowest common multiple of two numbers; an important step to working with fractions!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Simplify fractions with your child in this fast-paced math card game.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Practice multiplication facts and geography at the same time in this fun third grade math card game.

Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

Check out this dice game perfect for teaching your savvy kid the fundamentals of probability.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Want to ensure that your child's math knowledge stays sharp? This mean, median, and mode game is the perfect way to reinforce these essential math concepts.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

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.