Preschool - 4th Grade Earth and Space Science Activities : Page 2

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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 interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

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.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation 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!

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

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

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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!