Elementary School Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 6

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

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

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.

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!

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

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

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

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

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

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

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

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

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.