4th Grade Science Activities
Browse through our fourth grade science activities. We have many 4th grade science activities to keep your fourth grader learning on the fly, all year long. From recreating the solar system to making a battery, you'll find our collection of fourth grade science activities below.
Do-It-Yourself Earthquake
It's easy to learn about earthquakes without experiencing one firsthand. In this simple earth science experiment, observe the effect of lateral earthquake motion on a high-rise building from the safety of your own home.
Make a Stovetop Whirligig
This advanced experiment teaches children about the properties of heat, and entertains while doing it.
Make Your Own Butter!
Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way. This yummy activity is a great way to sneak some kitchen science into snack time, and it will leave your child all buttered up for more kitchen chemistry!
Make Walnut Shell Dye
There's no need to buy harsh, expensive dyes for your family's crafts! This enjoyable activity teaches you and you child to make an all-natural, deep, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water.
Make a Pinhole Projector!
Make a pinhole projector and see why images cast on your retina are upside down!
Craft a Hanging Planet Mobile
With the help of some heavy gauge wire formed into a circle, cardboard planets can be hung around a central sun using fishing wire. Ta-da! His very own hanging planet mobile.
Teach Density with Kitchen Science
The simplest concoction is all you need to think twice about what floats and what doesn't. This experiment shows that the simplest ingredients - salt and water - can make for an enlightening chemistry lesson, and will teach your child that science is all around her, all the time!
Yeast Science: Can Yeast Inflate a Balloon?
Get to know yeast with this fun and simple science experiment. Learn what it likes to eat, and just how gassy it can get.
See Local Temperature, Think Global Climate
Conduct a weather investigation with your kids and learn how today's highs and lows compare with temperatures 50 years ago.
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.
Browse Activities by Grade & Topic
Collections You'll Love
Community Academy Public Charter School Online
Full-time, tuition-free public charter school serving District of Columbia students.
Learn More »
