3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 9

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.

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

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

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.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

Household items and a bit of imagination will create a CSI kit for your child to have investigative adventures with. Explore the world of forensic science!

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

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

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

Enter the buzz worthy world of bee watching and find out what time bees like to wake up!

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

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

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

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

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

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

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.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

Cleaning can be a chore, but not with this sudsy experiment!

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

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

What is persistence of vision? With this hands-on science fair project idea, students will demonstrate this cool and dramatic phenomenon in their own classroom.

In this science fair project you will make a model of a cell membrane using very simple material.

Check out this cool science fair project idea that models the behavior of the cold desert plants: xerophytes and halophytes.