Science Activities and Games

Science activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy science activities to more advanced science experiments, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to narrow your search by grade. Here's where you can find more in depth Science Fair Project Ideas & Topics

Make Loofah Soap

Make Loofah Soap

This soap making activity shows how to tackle the grime, and teaches some interesting facts about soap and a unique plant called the loofah.

Make a Potato Cannon

Make a Potato Cannon

Create a potato cannon and have a blast shooting it outdoors with your child, all in the name of science.

Make a Desktop Desert Terrarium

Make a Desktop Desert Terrarium

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

What Does It Matter?

What Does It Matter?

Learn how matter transmits sound with a simple, hands-on experiment using sand, water and air.

Use Pumps to Move Water

Use Pumps to Move Water

Your child knows that when he brushes his teeth in the morning, he needs water from the bathroom sink, but does he know how the water gets there? Your child will defy gravity as he explores the forces that move the elixir of life.

Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model

Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model

Has your child ever thought about how his spine works, and why it bends? This assembling activity resulting in a spinal model will help him understand and be grateful for the vital functions performed by his vertebral column.

Homemade Fizzy Water

Homemade Fizzy Water

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a fizzing tasty treat perfect on a hot summer's day.

Alfalfa Friends

Alfalfa Friends

These plant friends are created with grass seeds and perfect for teaching kids about the plant life cycle. Once the grass grows long, cut and style them to look like hair!

Make an Outdoor Fairy Dwelling

Make an Outdoor Fairy Dwelling

The idea that little magical creatures inhabit our world fascinates children. And what better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Make a Moss Garden Terrarium

Make a Moss Garden Terrarium

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

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