1st - 6th Grade Science Activities : Page 14

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

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!

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

In this science fair project, we learn how air molecules move as a result of density, convection, and air currents.

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

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.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

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

Find out whether packaged seeds actually do expire in this new science fair project idea.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

In this project, all you need is a protractor to learn how to use the altitude of Polaris to find latitude on Earth. Polaris is also known as the North Star.

Check out this mind-blowing experiment in which a hard-boiled egg will fit through an impossibly small opening with the help of only a few matches!

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

In this activity, students will create a stop motion animation by creating a clay figure and taking a series of digital photographs.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

Discover that the absorbency of fabrics depend largely on the shape and structure of the individual fibers that make up the fabric.

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

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

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.

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

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

This is a fantastic and easy science experiment where kids will learn about elasticity by testing how high bouncy balls of different materials can bounce.

This science fair project idea explores whether factors such as temperature and concentration affect the pH of a solution.

This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.

This science fair project idea compares biodiversity between drops of water.