Kindergarten - 4th Grade Earth and Space Science Activities

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

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.

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

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

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

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

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

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.

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.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

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.

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.

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

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

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!

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

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!