Kindergarten - 4th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 3

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!

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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

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.

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

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!

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

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.

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

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.

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

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

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!