Preschool - 5th Grade Measurement Activities : Page 4

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!

If it's Easter, it must be time for egg hunts. But we have to admit, most kids would rather take a bite out of a yummy cupcake than a hard-boiled egg.

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

Any time is the perfect time to whip up a delicious batch of fluffy pumpkin cookies.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

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!

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

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

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

Encourage imagination and creativity with this magical craft that lets your child make and design his very own dragon egg.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

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

How much does 100 weigh? Play this fun guessing game with your child to commemorate the 100th day of school.

What keeps a an item cooler, polymer crystals or ice? Find out in this cool science experiment!

Topped with roasted pumpkin, prosciutto, herbs, and feta, these pita pizzas are a healthy, seasonal alternative to your classic pie.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

This experiment examines whether storing your orange juice at different temperatures affects its acidity.

Let your preschooler create something cute while making something delicious to eat: create bread sculptures, or shapes of bread dough!