Kindergarten - 7th Grade Science Activities : Page 11

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

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

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.

Have you ever noticed the ridges on a dog's nose? In this project, we take several dogs' nose prints and discover just how unique they are!

Kids get step-by-step instructions for how to make a rubber band car and explore the physics of potential energy with this fun engineering science fair project.

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.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

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!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

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.

This science fair project explains the process of how the lungs expand and contract with the help of the diaphragm.

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

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

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 idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Young physicists will wrestle with a discrepant event: the Hammer Ruler Trick. They'll make some inferences about torque, balance, and center of gravity.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

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

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

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Kids make a paperclip perform an act of magnetic levitation and test how effective various materials are at magnetic shielding in this science fair project.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.