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Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Pre-K

Life Science

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Pre-K

Life Science

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

First Grade

Reading

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

First Grade

Reading

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Make Edible Amber Fossils

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Make Edible Amber Fossils

Second Grade

Life Science

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

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Make Edible Amber Fossils

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Make Edible Amber Fossils

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

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

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

Pre-K

Life Science

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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?

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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?

First Grade

Measurement

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?

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Making Measurements: How Big is Your Hand?

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

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.

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.

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!

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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!

Pre-K

Life Science

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!

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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Second Grade

Life Science

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Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste

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Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste

Pre-K

Measurement

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste

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Indoor Gardening with Kitchen Waste

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Pre-K

Measurement

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

Second Grade

Life Science

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Second Grade

Life Science

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Watch Your Garden Grow

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Watch Your Garden Grow

Kindergarten

Life Science

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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Watch Your Garden Grow

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Watch Your Garden Grow

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Endangered Animals Game

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Endangered Animals Game

Second Grade

Life Science

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

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Endangered Animals Game

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Endangered Animals Game

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

First Grade

Life Science

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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass

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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass

Second Grade

Life Science

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

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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass

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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.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

First Grade

Life Science

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Create a Polar Bear Habitat!

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Create a Polar Bear Habitat!

Second Grade

Life Science

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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Create a Polar Bear Habitat!

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Create a Polar Bear Habitat!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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.

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.

Second Grade

Life Science

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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly

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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly

First Grade

Life Science

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly

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Forensic Entomology and the Life Cycle of the Blowfly

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Second Grade

Life Science

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See Seeds Come to Life!

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See Seeds Come to Life!

Second Grade

Measurement

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

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See Seeds Come to Life!

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See Seeds Come to Life!

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

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Second Grade

Life Science

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Dye Eggs with Onion Skins

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Dye Eggs with Onion Skins

Second Grade

Life Science

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.

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Dye Eggs with Onion Skins

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Dye Eggs with Onion Skins

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.

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

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

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Create Pressed Leaf Cards

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Create Pressed Leaf Cards

Second Grade

Life Science

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

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Create Pressed Leaf Cards

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Create Pressed Leaf Cards

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

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Second Grade

Measurement

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About 2nd Grade Life Science Activities

On Education.com, second-grade life science activities introduce young learners to plants, animals, habitats, and the human body through hands-on projects. These activities span growing seeds in jars, building plant and animal models, observing animal life cycles like butterflies and frogs, creating habitats, and exploring the five senses. Such activities help children understand growth, adaptations, and ecosystems by engaging them in practical experiences. This approach makes science accessible and exciting for young students.

Learn about second-grade life science through a variety of resources including worksheets, printable activities, classroom lesson plans, projects, and experiments on Education.com. Educators and parents can access structured materials that address key concepts like plant growth, animal behavior, human anatomy, and ecosystems. These resources support interactive learning sessions, provide easy-to-follow instructions, and inspire curiosity and exploration.

Using this collection of materials on Education.com saves educators and parents time by providing ready-to-use activities that promote active engagement. Cards, quizzes, science experiments, and interactive exercises encourage children to observe, investigate, and understand the natural world. Each resource helps to reinforce science standards while nurturing a sense of wonder and discovery.

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