Elementary School Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 3

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!