Kindergarten - 4th Grade Science Activities : Page 30

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.

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

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.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

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.

In this science fair project, students will try to discover if test subjects can detect the presence of Monosodium Glutumate (MSG) in food.

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

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.

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

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 science project teaches students the relationship between compost and plant growth. Students conduct an experiment with different types of compost.

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

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.

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

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

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

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

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?