1st - 5th Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 3

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

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.

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!

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

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

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

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

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

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

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

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.

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

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

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

With a clear bottle and a few plastic straws, you can easily make a hummingbird feeder and demonstrate the effects of atmospheric pressure at the same time!

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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.

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.