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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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Soda Explosion
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Soda Explosion
This 4th of July, explore fourth grade science and make some safe fireworks in your own backyard using soda pop!
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Make a Sundial
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Make a Sundial
How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.
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Make a Sand Clock
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How to Pan for Gold
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How to Pan for Gold
Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.
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Make a Pinhole Projector!
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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!
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Density Demonstration
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Density Demonstration
Show your child that the simplest ingredients (salt and water) can be used to illustrate the concept of density!
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Crystal Lollipops
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Crystal Lollipops
Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.
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Ancient Building Techniques
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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.
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Make Your Own Butter!
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Make Your Own Butter!
Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.
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Exploding Marshmallows!
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Exploding Marshmallows!
Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.
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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!
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Skin Science!
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Skin Science!
How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.
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Skewered Balloons!
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Skewered Balloons!
Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.
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Electric Science: Make a Battery!
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Electric Science: Make a Battery!
Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!
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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.
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Mini Waterfall
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Mini Waterfall
Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.
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Homemade Lava Lamp
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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.
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A Glow in the Dark Bonanza!
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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!
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Explore Surface Tension
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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!
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Make a Hovercraft!
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Make a Hovercraft!
Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.
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Tracking Temperatures
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Tracking Temperatures
To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.
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Candy Science Experiments: Toffee!
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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.
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