1st - 3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 11

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

Climates with more snowfall have more coniferous forests and fewer deciduous ? Learn about how pine trees in a coniferous forest adapted to withstand snow.

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.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

In this free science fair project, build a star clock and learn how to tell time on a clear night by observing the big dipper!

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.