Elementary School Science Activities : Page 39

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create their own tic-tac-toe grid out of building blocks.

Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

This science fair project idea explores if the length of the string that an object is suspended on has an effect on how fast or slow it swings.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

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

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

What can you do with hair after its cut? This science project teaches you practical uses for human hair.

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

This tricky building block challenge asks your learner to think creatively. They will work on their divergent thinking skills as they try to fill up an index card perfectly with building bricks.

This science fair project idea examines the distance a person travels on an average day and to relate that to an understanding of the size of the Earth.

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.