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

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

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

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

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

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

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

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

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!

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

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.

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

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

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

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.