1st and 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 7

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

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

How does dishwashing liquid work? Kids discover the chemical mechanism behind cleansing power in this easy science fair project idea.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

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.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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!

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

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

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?