2nd - 5th Grade Science Activities : Page 21

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

This science fair project idea produces sounds by creating vibrations using different objects.

The objective of this science fair project is to test the growth rate of a plan in a crystal medium in comparison to traditional soil.

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

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

The goal of this science fair project is to discover the science behind carbonated soft drinks and apply this knowledge to create a new one.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that light travels in straight lines and experiments with reflecting light.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Climates with more snowfall have more coniferous forests and fewer deciduous ? Learn about how pine trees in a coniferous forest adapted to withstand snow.

What causes dilated pupils? Young scientists will find out by applying what they already know about changes in pupil size and making models of the pupil.

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

Gather some friends for a bubbly soda taste test do determine calories' role in your favorite drinks.

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

Soil is made up of different layers. How far down do you need to dig to find the soil horizon, or the place where bits of leaves and branches become soil?

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

In this science fair project, learn how a mineral streak is made and how it can help identify an unknown mineral.

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.