Elementary School Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 4

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

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

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

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.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

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

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

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.

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

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

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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!

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.