2nd - 7th Grade Activities : Page 4

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

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

This science fair project idea determines if the temperature of rubber effects how high it bounces.

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this sweet mint-flavored milkshake you and your child can make together.

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

Find out which type of sponge holds the most water.

In this fun science fair project idea learn about universal solvents and solutes and find out the solubility of several common liquid substances.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

This experiment will evaluate if chewing gum affects students' test performance.

Kids will learn some cool stuff about chemical reactions by determining what happens when you mix different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and yeast.

This experiment evaluates if a noisy environment makes it harder for test subjects to perform tasks that require hand-eye coordination.

This witches' brew recipe for kids is a cool mix of lemonade, tapioca pearl "eggs," and gummy worms. Try this witches' brew recipe for kids this Halloween.

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Make a sweet, budget-friendly treat for your loved ones with these trick-or-treat lollipops.

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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!

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

Young scientists develop a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, and then revise their hypothesis to find out which common household liquids dissolve candy corn.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

This science fair project investigates whether tapping the top or the side of the can will stop a vigorously-shaken can of soda from exploding.

This science fair project idea discovers which brand of bubblegum produces the largest bubbles.

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

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

This science fair project idea builds models of various types of bridges and then determines which bridge design is the strongest.

Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.