Preschool - 1st Grade Science Activities : Page 3

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!

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

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

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

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

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

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

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

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

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!

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

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.