Preschool - 3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 21

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

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

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

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 science fair project idea explores if the length of the string that an object is suspended on has an effect on how fast or slow it swings.

This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

Here's an interesting activity that will enable your child to make his own magnifier out of a drop of water

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

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Check out this cool science fair project idea that models the behavior of the cold desert plants: xerophytes and halophytes.

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

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