4th Grade Science Activities
From cool card games that teach place value, to outdoor activities that introduce buoyancy, reading activities, writing, and more, we've got what you need to keep learning on the go. So, clear off the kitchen table and round up the family. Here's a stack of things to do with your fourth grader.
Create a Science Lab In Your Home!
Kids are natural scientists. Any scientist, they'll agree, should have her own laboratory! This space will give your child a nice place to work and will give you an easy place to store her experiments and activities.
Nice Shades! How Light and Colors Affect Sight
This science-inspired activity encourages your child to get outdoors and explore the possibilities of the sun. By creating handmade pairs of sunglasses with different lenses, your child will explore color, perception, and how light affects everything you see.
Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Fourth grade students learn about classifying animals into groups, and they begin by classifying the vertebrates (animals with backbones) and the invertebrates (animals with no backbones). Try this fun and tasty activity with your fourth grader to help her learn about life science.
Hammered Plant Science
Try hammering some plants with your fourth grader to teach her a valuable science lesson, while making beautiful artwork in the process!
Make a Sand Clock
An hour glass, sometimes called a sand glass or a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock, and learn to measure the time it keeps.
Use Yeast Science to Inflate Balloons
This experiment will introduce your child to the concept that carbon dioxide is produced by yeast. We will also observe which sugars best “feed” the yeast using balloons.
Experiment with Toffee Science
Take some butter, sugar, and a curious fourth grade chef, add some heat on the stove and some scientific principles about the different states of matter -- and you can have a delicious batch of Toffee Science on your hands.
