Preschool - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 18

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

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

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

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.

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

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

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

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.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

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

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

Find out whether soil amendments can improve soil conditions and help you grow a bigger beanstalk in this ecology experiment!

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.