1st - 3rd Grade Life Science Resources : Page 6

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.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

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

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.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!