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Life science activities & experiments that help show your child the fun side of learning science. From easy life science activities to more advanced, we've got you covered.

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With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!
Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
Life Science
Fifth Grade
Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.
Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder
Life Science
Fourth Grade
Show your middle schooler how a quick whirl of spinach in the blender will reveal the cobwebby 'stuff'--or DNA--of life!
Extract DNA from Spinach!
Life Science
Middle School
Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!
Outdoor Activities for Kids
Life Science
Third Grade
In this middle school activity, your child will learn how to press plants and create her very own herbarium, or plant library! Here's how:
Be a Botanist: Make Herbarium Sheets
Life Science
Middle School
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.
Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
Life Science
Fourth Grade
Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.
Go on a Backyard Botany Hunt
Life Science
Fifth Grade
This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.
Make Spider Web Art!
Life Science
Third Grade
Make science make sense to your child with these hands-on activities.
This Is the Life! 6 Great Life Science Activities (6)
Life Science
Second Grade
Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.
Make Leaf Rubbing Gift Cards
Life Science
First Grade
We all know water and oil don't mix, but it's often difficult for students to grasp the difficulty of cleaning up an oil spill.
Learn About Oil Spills
Life Science
Fourth Grade
Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!
Create Beetle Mania
Life Science
Second Grade
Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.
Hatch Your Own Praying Mantises
Life Science
Third Grade
Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.
Natural Easter Egg Dyes
Life Science
First Grade
In this 7th grade science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.
How Strong are a Bird's Bones?
Life Science
Middle School

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