Elementary School Life Science Activities : Page 5

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

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

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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.

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!

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

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

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).

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

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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

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

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

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!

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

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

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.

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.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!