1st - 3rd Grade Life Science Activities

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

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

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.

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

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.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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

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

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.