Preschool - 4th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 4

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

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

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.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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

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

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

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

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

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!

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.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

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

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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 fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

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!