Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 5

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

In this activity, your student will be invited to build a chair out of building blocks that is designed to meet the specific size and shape of a small doll or toy figure.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

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.

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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

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

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

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.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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!

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

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.