Preschool - 2nd Grade Life Science Activities : Page 3

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

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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.

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

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

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!

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

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

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

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

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

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.

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

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

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!