Life Science Activities

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

The goal of this middle school science fair project is to examine the effect of caffeine on plant growth.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

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

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

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

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

This bread mold experiment will help your child learn about mold, and he'll develop important hypothesis-making and experiment-designing skills.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!