Kindergarten - 4th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 6

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.

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

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

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

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

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