Preschool - 1st Grade Science Activities : Page 8

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

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

Your preschooler can learn how to siphon water with just two bottles and a plastic tube in this fun, educational science activity.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

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

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

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

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.

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.

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

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

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.