1st - 5th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 4

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.

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.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

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

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

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.

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

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

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 create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

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

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

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.

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!

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!

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

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

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

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!

Science fair project that compares the biodiversity of fungi in different ecosystems by identifying species of fungi.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

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!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

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

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.