Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 4

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

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.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

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.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

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.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.