Preschool - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 9

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

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

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.

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

How does water pressure change with depth? Kids learn how pressure works underwater with this cool and easy demo.

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

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

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

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

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.