1st - 5th 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.

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

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

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

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

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

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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.

Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

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.

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

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

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.

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.

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!

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