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With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

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 children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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

In this fun math activity, second graders will learn to estimate items in a jar! 

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

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

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

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

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

Valentine's Day is a great day to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and this love bug craft is an adorably simple way to spread the love.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will practice a mindfulness and forgiveness visualization and write a letter to someone with whom they've had a minor conflict and would like to forgive.

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

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.