1st - 5th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 3

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

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

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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.

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

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

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

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

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.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

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.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

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

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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.