1st - 3rd Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 2

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

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

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!

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

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

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!

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

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

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!

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

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

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

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

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

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

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

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.

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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.

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.