Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Observations and Data Collection Activities

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

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!

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

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!

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!