Preschool - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 10

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

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

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

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

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

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

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

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

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?