1st and 2nd Grade Science Resources : Page 7

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

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

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.

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.

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

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

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

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

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

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

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!