Life Science Activities : Page 7

This project determines how much the rebound rates of tennis balls change after ten games.

This project examines who can jump higher, boys or girls, younger people or older, and how these two factors, gender and age, interact with one another.

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!

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

This project examines the vulnerability of fruit flies, Drosophila melanigaster, to irradiation. Will exposure result in mutations?

This project will examine the relationship between wind velocity and direction and the distance a baseball travels.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

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!

In this middle school activity, your child will learn how to press plants and create her very own herbarium, or plant library! Here's how:

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

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

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Science fair project that cultivates slime mold and monitors the stages of its development.

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

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!

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Check out this cool middle school science fair project idea to find the difference between organically grown and commercial brands of foods.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.