Preschool - 6th Grade Science Activities : Page 38

Here is a quick experiment you can conduct at the playground to introduce or reinforce the concept of Newton's First Law, The Law of Inertia.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

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.

If you find yourself with a pair of kids' rain boots too cute to toss and too worn to wear, try making this fun and easy planter.

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

Tree rings can tell the age of the tree but also information about the world. This science experiment uses tree stumps to discover new facts.

Science fair project in which you will learn more about the natural world by preserving and identifying different animal tracks.

Show your child how to concoct a simple duo of household ingredients that changes color as acids and bases are added!

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

Ant behavior is closely related to light intensity. This free science fair project idea examines how fast ants dig when they are exposed to to light and dark.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Science fair project which measures the shadow cast by a meter stick at various times in order to predict the circumference of the earth.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Discover whether the â5-second ruleâ is effective at determining whether food is still safe to eat after being dropped on the ground.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

This science fair project idea explores plant growth from a bulb, root, and a stem and investigates asexual plant reproduction.

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.