3rd - 5th Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 3

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

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.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

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!

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

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

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.

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.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

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

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

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

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

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."