1st - 4th Grade Science Activities : Page 12

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

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

How does salinity affect the point at which water freezes? Kids will find out by performing this cool melting ice experiment.

Discover that the absorbency of fabrics depend largely on the shape and structure of the individual fibers that make up the fabric.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

This science fair project idea investigates whether plants can survive being frozen.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Examine the effect of pressure on carbonation in soda.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

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!

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Is it magic? No...it's the amazing, gravity-defying capillary action experiment! Kids will love this dramatic and enlightening science fair project.

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.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!