1st - 3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 7

Make a backbone model to explore human anatomy and life science.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

This project compares the strength of one, two, and three-ply toilet paper.

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

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

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

Here is a fun middle school science project on factors affecting solubility. Learn how dissolved solids can "crash out" to form crystals when conditions change.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

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

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

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

Crayons aren't just good for creating colorful masterpieces -- they're also great for science!

Enter the buzz worthy world of bee watching and find out what time bees like to wake up!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.