1st and 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 10

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

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

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

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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

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!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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

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

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.