Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 2

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

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

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

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!

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.