Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Life Science Activities : Page 5

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

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

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

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:

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

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

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip 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.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

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

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

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

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