1st - 4th Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 3

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!

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

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

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

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

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

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 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.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

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

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

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

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

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

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

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

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!