Preschool - 2nd Grade Life Science Activities : Page 2

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

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.

Wreath ornaments decorate your Christmas tree and act as a fun sensory craft for preschoolers. Make wreath ornaments with your child this holiday season.

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

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.

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

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

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.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

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!

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

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

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