2nd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 8

What are the effects of colored light on plant growth? Explore plant behavior in this cool botany science fair project and learn about phototropism!

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

In this simple science project, learn about what causes dew and what affects dew formation with a drinking glass, ice, and a soda bottle.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

This easy and inexpensive paper towel science project introduces kids to important physical concepts like cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.

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

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

While your cells are much too small to see without a microscope, you can create the look of a cell in your very own home with just an egg and vinegar!

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Kids learn how to manipulate additive and subtractive colors to send secret messages with red colored filters in this cool science fair project idea.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Children combine an acid and an alkaline substance to simulate a volcano eruption in this fun experiment.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by making personalized art out of some Celtic letters.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Do hand soaps and sanitizers prevent the growth of bread mold? If so, why? Kids will find out with this fun and informative science fair project idea.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?