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1st - 5th Grade Life Science Activities
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The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
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The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
Third Grade
Life Science
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.
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The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
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The Limewater Carbon Dioxide Test
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.
Third Grade
Life Science
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
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A Trick for the Eyes: Color Wheels and Optical Illusion Tops
This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
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Taste Test Science: Fool Your Tongue!
This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.
Fourth Grade
Physical Science
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
Fifth Grade
Life Science
Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
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Salinity and Hatching Brine Shrimp Eggs
Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Build a Terrarium
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Build a Terrarium
Second Grade
Life Science
Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.
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Build a Terrarium
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Build a Terrarium
Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.
Second Grade
Life Science
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
Second Grade
Life Science
Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
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Make Edible Amber Fossils
Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!
Second Grade
Life Science
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
First Grade
Reading
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.
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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.
First Grade
Reading
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Make a Milk Carton Bird House
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Make a Milk Carton Bird House
First Grade
Life Science
Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.
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Make a Milk Carton Bird House
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Make a Milk Carton Bird House
Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.
First Grade
Life Science
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How Old is That Tree?
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How Old is That Tree?
Third Grade
Measurement
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!
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How Old is That Tree?
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How Old is That Tree?
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!
Third Grade
Measurement
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Sourdough Science!
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Sourdough Science!
Fifth Grade
Life Science
Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!
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Sourdough Science!
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Sourdough Science!
Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
Pre-K
Life Science
Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
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Easy Homemade Yogurt
Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!
Pre-K
Life Science
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Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
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Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
Fifth Grade
Life Science
With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!
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Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
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Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Mouth Bacteria?
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Mouth Bacteria?
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.
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Mouth Bacteria?
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Mouth Bacteria?
Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
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Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.
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Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
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Delicious Classification: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
Kindergarten
Life Science
Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
Pre-K
Life Science
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!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
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!
Pre-K
Life Science
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Egg Carton Garden
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Egg Carton Garden
First Grade
Life Science
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.
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Egg Carton Garden
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Egg Carton Garden
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.
First Grade
Life Science
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Crab Craft
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Crab Craft
First Grade
Life Science
This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.
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Crab Craft
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Crab Craft
This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.
First Grade
Life Science
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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass
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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass
Second Grade
Life Science
This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.
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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass
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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass
This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.
Second Grade
Life Science
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Scent Science and Cinnamon Rolls
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Scent Science and Cinnamon Rolls
Third Grade
Life Science
Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.
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Scent Science and Cinnamon Rolls
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Scent Science and Cinnamon Rolls
Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.
Third Grade
Life Science
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Healthy Food Hunt
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Healthy Food Hunt
Pre-K
Life Science
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.
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Healthy Food Hunt
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Healthy Food Hunt
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.
Pre-K
Life Science
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
First Grade
Life Science
Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
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How to Grow an Avocado Plant
Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.
First Grade
Life Science
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Plant Habitats: Dandelions
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Plant Habitats: Dandelions
Fifth Grade
Life Science
In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.
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Plant Habitats: Dandelions
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Plant Habitats: Dandelions
In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.
Fifth Grade
Life Science
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Skeleton Hand Print
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Skeleton Hand Print
Kindergarten
Life Science
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
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Skeleton Hand Print
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Skeleton Hand Print
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
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
Third Grade
Reading
In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
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Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal
In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.
Third Grade
Reading
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Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
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Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
Fourth Grade
Life Science
Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.
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Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
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Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model
Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Create a Shoebox Habitat
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Create a Shoebox Habitat
First Grade
Life Science
Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.
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Create a Shoebox Habitat
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Create a Shoebox Habitat
Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.
First Grade
Life Science
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Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
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Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
Fourth Grade
Life Science
What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.
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Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
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Make a Mind-Bending Illusion!
What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.
Fourth Grade
Life Science
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Make Rose Petal Beads
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Make Rose Petal Beads
Third Grade
Life Science
Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!
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Make Rose Petal Beads
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Make Rose Petal Beads
Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!
Third Grade
Life Science
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Understanding Absorption
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Understanding Absorption
Third Grade
Life Science
Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.
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Understanding Absorption
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Understanding Absorption
Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.
Third Grade
Life Science
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