Elementary School Construction & Sculpture Science Activities

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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!

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

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.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

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.

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."