1st - 6th Grade Science Activities : Page 7

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

In this microwave plant experiment, find out whether microwave radiation will affect radish seed germination. Will it help or hinder the plants' growth?

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.

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

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

This science fair project idea explores the different properties of matter.

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

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

Find out whether a longer airplane will fly farther or a wider paper airplane.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

This science fair project focuses on the use of the enzyme amylase found in human saliva to break down starch into sugar.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

In this fun science project, learn about what happens to cut fruit and experiment with how to stop apples from turning brown.

The goal of this project is to create an exciting topographical map out of dough.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

In this physics project, learn about the relationship between light intensity and distance using a laser pointer, flashlight, and graph paper!

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.