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Life Science Activities & Experiments

Life science activities put children's world in front of them in a whole new way. Watch your kid understand plants, animals and their own body better with these enriching activities designed by life science educators. Each project uses household or classroom items to demonstrate a key concept in the study of life science in a way that kids will truly enjoy.

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Create a Fossil!

Create a Fossil!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

2nd grade

Science

Activity

Find Out Why Leaves Change Color

Find Out Why Leaves Change Color

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

5th grade

Science

Activity

Match Animal Adaptation: A Card Game

Match Animal Adaptation: A Card Game

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

5th grade

Science

Activity

Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!

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.

4th grade

Science

Activity

Swimmy Science: Raising Tadpoles!

Swimmy Science: Raising Tadpoles!

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

1st grade

Science

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Go on a Backyard Botany Hunt

Go on a Backyard Botany Hunt

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

5th grade

Science

Activity

Create a Fish Art Print!

Create a Fish Art Print!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

1st grade

Science

Activity

Find a Flower

In this activity, find out who the flowers' "partners in crime" are by being a flower spy!

Science

Activity

Plant Habitats: Dandelions

Plant Habitats: Dandelions

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

5th grade

Science

Activity

Growing Flowers

Growing Flowers

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

1st grade

Science

Activity

Explore Genetics by Finding Family Traits!

Explore Genetics by Finding Family Traits!

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

5th grade

Science

Activity

Outdoor Adventures

Outdoor Adventures

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

3rd grade

Science

Activity

Grow Your Own Herbs

Grow Your Own Herbs

Here's a way to make history both interesting and relevant: design a garden using plants that were used by people in colonial times!

Science

Activity

Practice Classification in Action

Practice Classification in Action

Try this simple activity with your middle schooler to help him develop an understanding of why scientific classification systems exist and how they work.

Science

Activity

What Doesn't Belong? A Categorization Game

What Doesn't Belong? A Categorization Game

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

3rd grade

Science

Activity

Make Your Own Ant Farm

Make Your Own Ant Farm

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Make a Butterfly Habitat

Make a Butterfly Habitat

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

1st grade

Science

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How Much Does a Caterpillar Eat?

How Much Does a Caterpillar Eat?

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Give Birds a Feast with This Suet Feeder

Give Birds a Feast with This Suet Feeder

Feed your birds from kitchen leftovers and give your first grader some excellent scientific practice in identifying our feathered friends.

1st grade

Science

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Create Pressed Leaf Cards

Create Pressed Leaf Cards

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

2nd grade

Science

Activity

Learn about Life Cycle in a Bowl!

Learn about Life Cycle in a Bowl!

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Create Changing Leaves Scratch Art

Create Changing Leaves Scratch Art

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass

Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

2nd grade

Science

Activity

Enjoy a Plant-Part Dinner and Learn Some First Grade Science

Enjoy a Plant-Part Dinner and Learn Some First Grade Science

First graders learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Make Your Own Seed Packets

Make Your Own Seed Packets

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Kindergarten

Science

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