2nd - 7th Grade Activities : Page 58

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

This science fair project idea explores whether a sundial is as accurate as an atomic clock when telling time.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

This blanched broccoli salad is dressed up with kid-friendly ingredients like dried cherries and crowd-pleasing bacon.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your kindergartener make friendship bracelets with just safety pins, elastic, and some colorful beads.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

What's the difference between a microwave and an oven? Use mashed potatoes to explore which kitchen appliance does a better job at keeping food warm.

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Celebrate the holidays by making sufganiyot, or fried jelly donuts. This Hanukkah recipe is great for kids learning about the Festival of Lights.

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

Homemade dog treats are fun to make and delicious for your household pet. Make homemade dog treats to create personal Christmas gifts for dogs.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Make this Easter egg craft that works as both a fun necklace or a decorative garland to welcome warm weather and spring sunshine.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

This fun science fair project idea helps students learn how acid rains are formed and explore how acid rain damages the environment.

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

Develop your child's hand-eye coordination in a fun and engaging way by challenging her to a game of Drop Catch.

Looking for an easy and creative craft? Beads come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors and your kids will have fun creating unique key chains.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!