1st - 5th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 2

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.

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

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

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

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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

This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

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!

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

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.

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

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

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

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!