Preschool - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 12

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

How does water pressure change with depth? Kids learn how pressure works underwater with this cool and easy demo.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Help your child make an attractive frozen holiday ornament to hang outside during winter months.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.