3rd and 4th Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 2

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Let your fabulous crafter use their favorite flowers, fruits and herbs to whip up a delicious perfume that they can proudly present to a friend or a loved one.

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.

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.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

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!

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

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

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

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

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

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!

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

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!

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.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

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

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

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

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.