1st - 5th Grade Life Science Resources : Page 12

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.