Life Science Activities : Page 3

What is the best stain remover for clothes? In this fun and easy science fair project idea, students will identify the best method for laundry stain removal.

This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Can you wink? Is your ability to wink genetic or simply based on chance? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

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!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

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.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

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.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

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

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!