Preschool - 1st Grade Science Activities : Page 6

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

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.

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

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

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

Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

When the wind starts blowing, you and your child can plant a sponge garden in the comfort of your own kitchen. Here's how: