2nd - 5th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 2

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

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.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

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.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

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

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.