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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!

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 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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

Create Pressed Leaf Cards

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

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.

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.

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!

Alfalfa Friends

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Vegetable Scherenschnitte

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Osmotic Pressure Experiment

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

Foot Sense: What Will Your Feet Feel?

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

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