Preschool - 1st Grade Science Activities : Page 3

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

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

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.