Kindergarten - 4th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 6

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!

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

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

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