2nd - 5th Grade Math Activities

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

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

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

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

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

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!

Little scientists will make inferences about hearing loss, pitch, and frequency in this great science fair idea that puts the human ear to the test.

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

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

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

This game is the perfect way to prepare your child for any shopping adventures you may embark upon, all while practicing important math concepts.

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

With this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home.

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

Here's a math activity that uses coin riddles to help your third-grader improve his coin-counting and logical thinking skills.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!