Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Life Science Activities : Page 5

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

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

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

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.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

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

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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!

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

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

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

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

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

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

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

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.

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

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.