1st and 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 9

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

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

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!

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

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.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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

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

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

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

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

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.

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

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

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