Preschool - 2nd Grade Life Science Activities : Page 2

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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

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

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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!

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

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.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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

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

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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

When the wind starts blowing, you and your child can plant a sponge garden in the comfort of your own kitchen. Here's how:

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

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create 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.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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!

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

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

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!

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.