1st - 4th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 2

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

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

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

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.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

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.

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.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

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!

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

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

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!

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

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

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.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.