2nd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 2

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

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

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.

This shamrock wreath will allow your child to practice tracing and layering shapes and is the perfect way to get everyone in the mood for St. Patrick's Day.

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

Kids explore how a single movable pulley can confer a mechanical advantage over a fixed pulley in this cool engineering science fair project for 2nd grade.

Kids learn about potential energy, and mechanical energy, and how to make power from water with one of our favorite renewable energy projects for kids.

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

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

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.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

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!

Did you know your body is full of simple machines? This project looks at one of the third-class levers in the human body: your arm!

This project explores whether there is an effect on people, including heart rate and self-expressed mood, when they are exposed to different types of music.

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

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

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

What heats up fasterâwater or soil? 5th grade students test the specific heat of water against the specific heat of sand in this great science fair project.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

In this project, you'll build a model of the earth, complete with all seven continents and four major oceans.

The buoyant force of water explains why some objects float in water. But why do some objects sink? Find out in this physics experiment and learn about density.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Science fair project which determines whether plants are able to get enough nutrients from different types of garbage.

In this design challenge, students will be tasked with creating a bouncy ball polymer!

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Does the temperature of a magnet affect its strength? Learn about the relationship between magnets and temperature with this cool physics science fair project.

Students pit the heat capacity of water against the heat capacity of oil while looking at the effects of dipole rotation in this cool science fair project idea.

In this fun science fair project idea, kids will experiment with various methods in order to discover the fastest way to cool a soda.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!