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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
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What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
Third Grade
Life Science
In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.
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What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
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What Lives in the Air Conditioner?
In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.
Third Grade
Life Science
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How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag
How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag
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How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!
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How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag
How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag
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How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag
Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Pre-K
Life Science
Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!
Pre-K
Life Science
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Pumpkin Investigation
Pumpkin Investigation
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Pumpkin Investigation
Third Grade
Life Science
Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin
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Pumpkin Investigation
Pumpkin Investigation
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Pumpkin Investigation
Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin
Third Grade
Life Science
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Mouth Bacteria?
Mouth Bacteria?
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Mouth Bacteria?
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.
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Mouth Bacteria?
Mouth Bacteria?
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Mouth Bacteria?
Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
Easy Homemade Yogurt
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
Pre-K
Life Science
Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
Easy Homemade Yogurt
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!
Pre-K
Life Science
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Smell & Taste
Smell & Taste
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Smell & Taste
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.
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Smell & Taste
Smell & Taste
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Smell & Taste
Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
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Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.
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Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
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Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Soda Bottle Planter
Soda Bottle Planter
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Soda Bottle Planter
Kindergarten
Life Science
Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.
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Soda Bottle Planter
Soda Bottle Planter
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Soda Bottle Planter
Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Fruit Fly Life Cycle
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Fruit Fly Life Cycle
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Fruit Fly Life Cycle
Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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The Best Stain Remover for Clothes: Testing Laundry Stain Removal
The Best Stain Remover for Clothes: Testing Laundry Stain Removal
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The Best Stain Remover for Clothes: Testing Laundry Stain Removal
Fourth Grade
Life Science
What is the best stain remover for clothes? In this fun and easy science fair project idea, students will identify the best method for laundry stain removal.
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The Best Stain Remover for Clothes: Testing Laundry Stain Removal
The Best Stain Remover for Clothes: Testing Laundry Stain Removal
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The Best Stain Remover for Clothes: Testing Laundry Stain Removal
What is the best stain remover for clothes? In this fun and easy science fair project idea, students will identify the best method for laundry stain removal.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Watch Your Garden Grow
Watch Your Garden Grow
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Watch Your Garden Grow
Kindergarten
Life Science
Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.
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Watch Your Garden Grow
Watch Your Garden Grow
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Watch Your Garden Grow
Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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With My Eyes Closed Shut! Using all of Our Senses Except Sight, Can we Readily Identify Objects?
With My Eyes Closed Shut! Using all of Our Senses Except Sight, Can we Readily Identify Objects?
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With My Eyes Closed Shut! Using all of Our Senses Except Sight, Can we Readily Identify Objects?
Fourth Grade
Life Science
This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.
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With My Eyes Closed Shut! Using all of Our Senses Except Sight, Can we Readily Identify Objects?
With My Eyes Closed Shut! Using all of Our Senses Except Sight, Can we Readily Identify Objects?
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With My Eyes Closed Shut! Using all of Our Senses Except Sight, Can we Readily Identify Objects?
This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
Third Grade
Reading
In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.
Third Grade
Reading
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Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
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Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.
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Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
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Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
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Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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.
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Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
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Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
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.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Hammered Flower Prints
Hammered Flower Prints
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Hammered Flower Prints
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!
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Hammered Flower Prints
Hammered Flower Prints
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Hammered Flower Prints
Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Lung Model
Lung Model
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Lung Model
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.
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Lung Model
Lung Model
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Lung Model
Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Fourth Grade
Life Science
This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
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Do Plants Experience Pollution? Will Plants Grow More or Less or be Unaffected when Grown in Polluted Soil?
This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
First Grade
Life Science
Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.
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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly
Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.
First Grade
Life Science
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Bottle Terrarium
Bottle Terrarium
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Bottle Terrarium
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!
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Bottle Terrarium
Bottle Terrarium
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Bottle Terrarium
Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder
Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder
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Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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.
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Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder
Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder
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Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder
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.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Hanging Vase
Hanging Vase
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Hanging Vase
Kindergarten
Life Science
Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!
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Hanging Vase
Hanging Vase
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Hanging Vase
Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Throwing a Baseball
Throwing a Baseball
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Throwing a Baseball
Fourth Grade
Life Science
With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.
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Throwing a Baseball
Throwing a Baseball
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Throwing a Baseball
With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Measure Your Pulse with a Straw!
Measure Your Pulse with a Straw!
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Measure Your Pulse with a Straw!
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!
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Measure Your Pulse with a Straw!
Measure Your Pulse with a Straw!
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Measure Your Pulse with a Straw!
Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Make Dried Apple Rings
Make Dried Apple Rings
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Make Dried Apple Rings
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!
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Make Dried Apple Rings
Make Dried Apple Rings
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Make Dried Apple Rings
Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Coral Polyp
Coral Polyp
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Coral Polyp
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.
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Coral Polyp
Coral Polyp
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Coral Polyp
Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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About 4th Grade Life Science Activities

On Education.com, 4th grade life science activities introduce students to ecosystems, plant and animal life cycles, adaptations, and the human body. These activities are designed to make learning about living organisms engaging and hands-on, encouraging students to explore concepts such as photosynthesis, habitats, and classification through observation and experimentation. Resources include printable worksheets, interactive lessons, and classroom experiments that bring life science concepts to life.

Explore a variety of 4th grade life science activities on Education.com, from creating food web diagrams to conducting seed germination experiments. These materials help students understand natural processes while practicing scientific observation, data collection, and critical thinking. Using interactive exercises and guides, students can analyze how plants grow, compare animal senses, and explore ecosystems in that age-appropriate formats.

Teachers and parents can save time and enhance hands-on learning by using structured lesson plans and printable activities for teaching 4th grade life science concepts. By integrating experiments such as seed planting or observing animal behaviors, educators and caregivers create engaging opportunities for experiential learning while reinforcing classroom topics. These materials make science accessible and fun while fostering curiosity about the natural world.