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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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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.

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!

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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.

Make Leaf Rubbing Gift Cards

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Make Ladybug Tightrope Racers

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Easy Homemade Yogurt

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your kindergarten scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Make Rose Petal Beads

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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!

Label the Food Groups

Help build help your first grader's reading vocabulary while also boosting their nutritional knowledge with this easy and fun home science activity.

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.

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.

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.

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