1st - 5th Grade Science Activities : Page 7

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

This science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

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

How does smell affect taste? Ready your taste buds--in this project, you'll gather some test subjects and do a taste test to see how much smell affects taste.

Learn the basic structure of a DNA strand, which is the double helix, how genes form together, and the resemblance DNA has to a twisted ladder. Create a model.

This easy and inexpensive paper towel science project introduces kids to important physical concepts like cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.

Check out this fun and easy science fair project idea on germination of a seed and learn to identify exterior and interior parts of a bean seed.

What's the chemistry behind dyeing Easter eggs? Will adding vinegar to dye help the eggshell absorb the color? This colorful science project has the answers!

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Find out which type of sponge holds the most water.

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

How does rust form? Kids will learn about the roles oxygen, water, and electrons play in rust chemistry in this cool science fair project idea.

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Kids conduct a cool balloon rocket experiment in this fun science fair project idea. Does a greater volume of air mean a greater distance traveled?

In this CD hovercraft science project, students will construct their own DIY hovercraft.

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

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

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

In this pinto bean germination experiment, you'll learn about how fertilizer aids in growing pinto beans into seedlings.

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

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.