Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 2

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Why doesn't the ocean freeze? Students answer this question by simulating the chemical composition and temperature of arctic waters in their own home.

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

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.