1st - 7th Grade Science Activities : Page 20

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Science fair project that examines how temperature affects density and how density in turn affects the behavior of helium gas.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

What is the hydrologic cycle and how does it work? Check out this fun and easy science project where you will model and learn about Earth's water cycle!

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Make a backbone model to explore human anatomy and life science.

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

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.

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

This science fair project idea explores how much force is needed to move a lever at different distances from the fulcrum.

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

How would you dry your wet clothes if your dryer didn't work? Find out with this fun experiment!

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

What is persistence of vision? With this hands-on science fair project idea, students will demonstrate this cool and dramatic phenomenon in their own classroom.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

Set off an a science adventure as you prepare a row of bee homes for your new visitors.