2nd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 36

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Have your child make a giant red poppy out of tissue paper in remembrance of the brave soldiers who served, especially those who died serving their countries.

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Master addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division through practice in this fun math game designed for fourth grade!

Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

Construct batteries that make electricity from fruits with this fun science fair project.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

In this activity students first send kindness to themselves and then they send it to others.

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

What does a raindrop look like when it splashes on the ground? Is each raindrop unique like snowflakes? Find out how raindrop size varies in this experiment.

Make mom feel like the star that she truly is by holding a movie premiere in her honor, complete with red carpet!

Recycle paper and old magazines with this art project that creates a great tool for artists: a color wheel!

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

Science fair project which tests various sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks to find out whether one rock family is stronger than the others.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Let the world be your canvas by transforming an ordinary household window into a snowy holiday scene.

This project investigates the affect of storage temperature on microwave popcorn.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Here's a tasty summer holiday treat: oatmeal chocolate chip cookie sandwiches filled with cinnamon ice cream.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.