Life Science Activities : Page 4

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

Show your teen how to analyze the nutritional value of her favorite meals. She may be surprised to find out how healthy--or not--her favorite foods are!

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Show your middle schooler how a quick whirl of spinach in the blender will reveal the cobwebby "stuff"--or DNA--of life!

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!