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Fourth Grade Science Activities and Experiments

Broaden your child’s understanding of how the world works with these engaging fourth grade science experiments and activities. Young scientists can explore the laws of physics as they separate mixed spices through induction, make their own sand clock, and learn about ancient building techniques, investigate earth science by crafting their own weathervane or sundial, or create miniature gardens as they learn about life science.

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Can Your Own Spaghetti Sauce
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Can Your Own Spaghetti Sauce
Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!
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Walnut Shell Dye
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Walnut Shell Dye
Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.
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How Long is Your Shadow on the Shortest Day?
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How Long is Your Shadow on the Shortest Day?
Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.
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Set Up a Solar System of Kids
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Set Up a Solar System of Kids
This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.
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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!
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How to Make a Water Wheel
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How to Make a Water Wheel
This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.
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How to Make a Whirligig
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How to Make a Whirligig
An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.
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Fruit Popsicles
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Fruit Popsicles
Popsicles aren't just for the summertime, this activity takes cold and turns it into a creative and tasty science experiment.
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Make Footwear Impressions - CSI Style!
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Make Footwear Impressions - CSI Style!
Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!
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Make Your Own Soap
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Make Your Own Soap
Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.
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Dehydrating Strawberries
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Dehydrating Strawberries
Along with being an interesting science activity, dehydrated strawberries are also tasty â and healthy!
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How to Make a Weathervane
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How to Make a Weathervane
Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.
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Do a Balloon Sandbag Science Experiment
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Do a Balloon Sandbag Science Experiment
Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.
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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!
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Fall Party
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Fall Party
Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.
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Simple Machines at Home
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Simple Machines at Home
Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.
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Homemade Perfume
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Homemade Perfume
Let your fabulous crafter use her favorite flowers, fruits and herbs to whip up a delicious perfume that she can proudly present to a friend or loved one.
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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!
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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.
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Layers of the Earth Project
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Layers of the Earth Project
Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!
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Liquid Chromatography
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Liquid Chromatography
Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!
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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.
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Recycling Christmas Lights
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Recycling Christmas Lights
Deck the halls with last season's Christmas lights for a spectacular and electrifying science activity.
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Flying Potato
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Flying Potato
These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.
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Tea Garden
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Tea Garden
Help your child plant a âtea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.
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