1st - 4th Grade Earth and Space Science Activities

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

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.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

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

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

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!

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

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

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

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!

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

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

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Let your fabulous crafter use their favorite flowers, fruits and herbs to whip up a delicious perfume that they can proudly present to a friend or a loved one.

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.