Preschool - 3rd Grade Science Activities : Page 8

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

Have your child kick off their summer vacation by making a miniature water slide!

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!

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

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Try the classic balloon-on-the-wall trick with your kid and watch static electricity in action.

The moon doesn't produce its own light, so why can we see it shining in the sky? Learn about reflection and planetshine in this fun and easy science project!

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

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