Life Science Activities : Page 7

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

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

The objective of this experiment is to evaluate whether funny advertisements are more or less effective than serious advertisements.

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.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

This project examines which type of dance burns the most calories.

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

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Here's an arts and crafts guide for your high-school teenager that'll help her create a naturalist drawing and painting.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

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

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

This project examines who can jump higher, boys or girls, younger people or older, and how these two factors, gender and age, interact with one another.