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Fourth Grade Science Activities and Experiments

Our 4th grade science activities and experiments include enlightening physics demonstrations, cool electricity projects, fun food experiments, and more. For more in depth science projects, take a look at the Science Fair Project Ideas section of the site.

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Float My Clay Boat

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Explore Surface Tension

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Make a Hovercraft!

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

Air Science Experiment

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

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.

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!

Tracking Temperatures

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Candy Science Experiments: Toffee!

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

The Gas Guzzler Challenge

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Homemade Lava Lamp

A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

A Glow in the Dark Bonanza!

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

Make a Pinhole Projector!

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

Density Demonstration

Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!

Crystal Lollipops

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

Ancient Building Techniques

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Make Your Own Butter!

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Exploding Marshmallows!

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

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.

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Skewered Balloons!

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Make a Sand Clock

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

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