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The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
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The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
Third Grade
Life Science
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.
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The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
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The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
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.
Third Grade
Life Science
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What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
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What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
Third Grade
Life Science
In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.
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What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
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What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.
Third Grade
Life Science
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Make Scented Pumpkins
Make Scented Pumpkins
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Make Scented Pumpkins
Pre-K
Handwriting
Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.
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Make Scented Pumpkins
Make Scented Pumpkins
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Make Scented Pumpkins
Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.
Pre-K
Handwriting
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Pumpkin Investigation
Pumpkin Investigation
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Pumpkin Investigation
Third Grade
Life Science
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
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Pumpkin Investigation
Pumpkin Investigation
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Pumpkin Investigation
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
Third Grade
Life Science
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Craft the Frog Life Cycle
Craft the Frog Life Cycle
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Craft the Frog Life Cycle
Kindergarten
Life Science
Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.
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Craft the Frog Life Cycle
Craft the Frog Life Cycle
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Craft the Frog Life Cycle
Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
Fifth Grade
Life Science
Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Butterfly Life Cycle
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Second Grade
Life Science
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.
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Butterfly Life Cycle
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Butterfly Life Cycle
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.
Second Grade
Life Science
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Fruit Fly Life Cycle
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Fruit Fly Life Cycle
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Bean Sprout Science
Bean Sprout Science
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Bean Sprout Science
Kindergarten
Life Science
After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!
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Bean Sprout Science
Bean Sprout Science
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Bean Sprout Science
After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Create a Polar Bear Habitat!
Create a Polar Bear Habitat!
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Create a Polar Bear Habitat!
Second Grade
Life Science
Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.
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Create a Polar Bear Habitat!
Create a Polar Bear Habitat!
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Create a Polar Bear Habitat!
Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.
Second Grade
Life Science
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Plant a Garden
Plant a Garden
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Plant a Garden
Pre-K
Numbers and Counting
The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)
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Plant a Garden
Plant a Garden
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Plant a Garden
The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)
Pre-K
Numbers and Counting
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Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips
Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips
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Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips
Kindergarten
Life Science
Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.
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Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips
Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips
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Make Harvest Gift Bag Clips
Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Fourth Grade
Life Science
This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
First Grade
Life Science
Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.
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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.
First Grade
Life Science
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Learn about Life Cycle in a Bowl!
Learn about Life Cycle in a Bowl!
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Learn about Life Cycle in a Bowl!
First Grade
Measurement
Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.
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Learn about Life Cycle in a Bowl!
Learn about Life Cycle in a Bowl!
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Learn about Life Cycle in a Bowl!
Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.
First Grade
Measurement
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Create a Science Lab in Your Home!
Create a Science Lab in Your Home!
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Create a Science Lab in Your Home!
Kindergarten
Life Science
Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!
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Create a Science Lab in Your Home!
Create a Science Lab in Your Home!
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Create a Science Lab in Your Home!
Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Pick Your Own Berries
Pick Your Own Berries
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Pick Your Own Berries
Pre-K
Life Science
Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!
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Pick Your Own Berries
Pick Your Own Berries
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Pick Your Own Berries
Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!
Pre-K
Life Science
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See Seeds Come to Life!
See Seeds Come to Life!
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See Seeds Come to Life!
Second Grade
Measurement
Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!
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See Seeds Come to Life!
See Seeds Come to Life!
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See Seeds Come to Life!
Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!
Second Grade
Measurement
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Fungi Biodiversity
Fungi Biodiversity
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Fungi Biodiversity
Fifth Grade
Life Science
Science fair project that compares the biodiversity of fungi in different ecosystems by identifying species of fungi.
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Fungi Biodiversity
Fungi Biodiversity
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Fungi Biodiversity
Science fair project that compares the biodiversity of fungi in different ecosystems by identifying species of fungi.
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Will Irradiation Produce Mutations in Fruit Flies?
Will Irradiation Produce Mutations in Fruit Flies?
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Will Irradiation Produce Mutations in Fruit Flies?
Life Science
This project examines the vulnerability of fruit flies, Drosophila melanigaster, to irradiation. Will exposure result in mutations?
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Will Irradiation Produce Mutations in Fruit Flies?
Will Irradiation Produce Mutations in Fruit Flies?
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Will Irradiation Produce Mutations in Fruit Flies?
This project examines the vulnerability of fruit flies, Drosophila melanigaster, to irradiation. Will exposure result in mutations?
Life Science
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Which Starch Plant Produces the Most Fuel?
Which Starch Plant Produces the Most Fuel?
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Which Starch Plant Produces the Most Fuel?
Measurement
Ethanol can be used as an alternative fuel! The purpose of this experiment is to identify a starch plant that produces the largest quantity of ethanol.
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Which Starch Plant Produces the Most Fuel?
Which Starch Plant Produces the Most Fuel?
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Which Starch Plant Produces the Most Fuel?
Ethanol can be used as an alternative fuel! The purpose of this experiment is to identify a starch plant that produces the largest quantity of ethanol.
Measurement
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Effect of Food On Mosquito Growth
Effect of Food On Mosquito Growth
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Effect of Food On Mosquito Growth
Measurement
This experiment researches if you gave different amounts of food to mosquito larvae would they grow faster or slower
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Effect of Food On Mosquito Growth
Effect of Food On Mosquito Growth
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Effect of Food On Mosquito Growth
This experiment researches if you gave different amounts of food to mosquito larvae would they grow faster or slower
Measurement
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Blimey! It's Slimey!
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Blimey! It's Slimey!
Measurement
Science fair project that cultivates slime mold and monitors the stages of its development.
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Blimey! It's Slimey!
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Blimey! It's Slimey!
Science fair project that cultivates slime mold and monitors the stages of its development.
Measurement
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Alfalfa Friends
Alfalfa Friends
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Alfalfa Friends
Third Grade
Life Science
Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!
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Alfalfa Friends
Alfalfa Friends
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Alfalfa Friends
Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!
Third Grade
Life Science
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About Life Cycles Activities

On Education.com, life cycles activities provide hands-on learning experiences that help children understand how living things grow, change, and reproduce through projects like growing plants, observing insects, and creating structured crafts. These activities teach students about the stages of life in a fun and interactive way while supporting core biology concepts.

Explore our collection of worksheets and printable resources that cover specific life cycle stages, compare how animals and plants develop, and encourage observation and critical thinking. These resources include digital simulations, detailed diagrams, and lesson plans for classroom or home learning that make science engaging and accessible.

Educators and parents can use these materials to simplify lessons, save preparation time, and provide structured, educational activities. Offering progression from basic concept recognition to advanced observation skills, this page supports all learners in exploring and understanding the natural world’s biological changes.