1st - 7th Grade Science Activities : Page 18

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Can you imagine a sky filled with bright, colorful bubbles? Make this whimsical scene come alive with bubble science!

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

This science fair project idea investigates the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.

Explore how sound waves are reflected and absorbed by producing echoes. Analyze which locations produce echoes.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Want to see a great example of Newton's first law? Kids will learn about basic physics with this fun, ballistic experiment.

This science fair project idea explores whether the process used to dry the beans we eat for food renders them unviable.

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Science fair project idea examines validity of mood ring predictions. Analyze accuracy of results, consider the impact of temperature

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Science fair project which measures whether tsunamis are more destructive when they are caused by an earthquake or by a meteor.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

This project investigates the affect of storage temperature on microwave popcorn.

Science fair project which simulates the global conveyor belts on a small scale, and observes the effects of wind, density and temperature on water movement.

Observe corn seed germination to learn about dicots and monocots and how plants grow from seeds to seedlings to full-grown plants!

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

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Handedness and footedness refer to whether people prefer to use their left or right hand and foot. In this experiment, test hand and foot dominance.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Is horse manure a possible energy source in a crisis? Use calorimetry to find out how much energy horse manure can produce in this science fair project.

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.

Help your child understand surface tension by showing them how they can create a "skin" on top of water.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.