Search 2nd Grade Life Science Hands-on Activities

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.

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!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.