Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 3

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!

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

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

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.

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

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

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

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.