Elementary School Life Science Activities : Page 3

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

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

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.

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!

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

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

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

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

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.

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!

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

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

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

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.

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

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

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.

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).