2nd - 8th Grade Activities

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

Will the shape of an ice cube impact how fast the ice melts?

Make these lasting felt hearts and fill them with a sweet smelling combination of rice and spices to keep the Valentine spirit alive all year long.

Use a simple toothbrush and a splatter painting technique to create this sparkling skyline work of art!

Make a beautiful nature silhouette to remember a family walk in the park or a camping trip with friends.

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

In this science fair project, kids start a chemical reaction that will make a balloon inflate itself!

In this cool catalase and hydrogen peroxide experiment, kids put a potato in a jar of hydrogen peroxide to see how catalase acts as an enzyme.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces him to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

This middle school science fair project determines whether DNA is most easily extracted from under-ripe, ripe, or over-ripe strawberries.

Check out this fun science fair project to make a vinegar and baking soda balloon and demonstrate how gas is created as a result of the chemical reaction.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Valentine bookmarks make reading lovely. Make a valentine bookmark that looks like a heart-filled bookworm.

This science fair project idea determines what household items are good conductors of electricity.

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

This science fair project idea explores the different properties & interactions of sugar molecules.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating a car that can be powered by a balloon!

4th graders construct an ocean food web to learn about consumers and trophic levels, food webs, and food chains in this cool ecology science fair project.

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

In this windmill model science project, you will build a windmill to learn about wheel-and-axle machines and how these simple machines are used to do work.