Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 3

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

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

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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.

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

Science fair project that examines what causes thunder and why a thunderclap sounds so loud. How is lightening related to the creation of sound waves?

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.