2nd - 7th Grade Activities : Page 23

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

In this science fair project, learn how a mineral streak is made and how it can help identify an unknown mineral.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

This kinesthetic game will help your child practice rounding and get the adrenaline rushing!

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

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.

Science fair project that compares the freezing temperature of salt water and freshwater in order to learn about supercooling and condensation nuclei.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

Kids will learn about the interaction of lactose and lactase in milk and discover why we describe enzymes as catalysts in this fun science fair project.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

Now you can have baby chicks around any time of year, with this simple egg carton craft idea.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Have your kid determine if a goldfish can be conditioned to expect food the same way Pavlov's dogs did with this fascinating science fair project.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project! 

This science fair project focuses on the use of the enzyme amylase found in human saliva to break down starch into sugar.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

This science fair idea examines hydrogel superabsorbent polymer crystals. They can absorb 500 times their weight in water. Can they absorb other liquids too?

Test whether plants can grow without sunlight and water.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

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.

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!