1st - 3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 5

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

This science fair project idea explores substances that cause a bubble to last longer.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This science fair project idea investigates how color affects temperature.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Science fair project which determines whether the size or the thickness of a piece of paper has an effect on how many times it can be folded in half.

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!