3rd and 4th Grade Science Resources : Page 18

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.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

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.

Is it amplitude? Weight? Length of string? Kids will discover what factors changing the period of a pendulum depends on in this fun and easy physics experiment.

Kids will learn about the interaction of lactose and lactase in milk and discover why we describe enzymes as catalysts in this fun science fair project.

This science fair project idea examines which type of insulation holds in the most heat.

Have your kid determine if a goldfish can be conditioned to expect food the same way Pavlov's dogs did with this fascinating science fair project.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

This science fair idea examines hydrogel superabsorbent polymer crystals. They can absorb 500 times their weight in water. Can they absorb other liquids too?

Test whether plants can grow without sunlight and water.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Handedness and footedness refer to whether people prefer to use their left or right hand and foot. In this experiment, test hand and foot dominance.

Explore how sound waves are reflected and absorbed by producing echoes. Analyze which locations produce echoes.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

This cool science fair project teaches kids about temperature, density and buoyancy using balloons that float with normal air. No helium required!