Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 16

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!