2nd - 4th Grade Science Activities : Page 14

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

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.

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

How does dishwashing liquid work? Kids discover the chemical mechanism behind cleansing power in this easy science fair project idea.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

Science fair project which tests various sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks to find out whether one rock family is stronger than the others.

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

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

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

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

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!

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.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

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

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

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!

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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.

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the basic principles of air pressure using simple materials like a balloon, straw and string.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.