1st and 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 4

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

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

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

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

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

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.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

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.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.