Preschool - 2nd Grade Science Activities : Page 16

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

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

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

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

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

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

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

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

This preschool activity uses paint chips to help your child learn about different shades of colors and how to find different colors in nature.

Are your taste buds up for the challenge? Put tongues to the test with this science fair project that examines who enjoys sour flavors more, adults or kids?

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

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

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!