Preschool - 3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 19

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Try this arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make bread from yeast dough to teach her about the science behind bread baking.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

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

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.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

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

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.