2nd Grade Activities : Page 3

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

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

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

In this art project, eight petals of a flower are painted in watercolor paint using different techniques, colors, and patterns.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Flowers will brighten up anyone's day! Share the joy of spring by making a picture of a vase with fun 3-D flowers that will never wilt.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will learn about emotions and how they change, just like many parts of nature. Then they will spend time outside, exploring and reflecting on what they have learned.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.

Try this fun math card game and practice place value with your second grader! Decide which number is bigger in order to earn points!

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

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

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.