Elementary School Physical Science Activities : Page 4

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails the lowering of water's freezing point to chill ice cream!

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

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Delight your budding scientist with this cool physics magic trick and teach her some basic physics concepts while you're at it!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

What is it about a Slinky that causes it to walk down the steps? This simple experiment is a perfect illustration of both gravity and momentum.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Hone your child's skills of observation and take a look at forensic science for an interesting afternoon of exploration and detective work!