Preschool - 5th Grade Life Science Activities : Page 4

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

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

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

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

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

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

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

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.

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

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!