Second Grade Life Science Activities

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.