Preschool - 4th Grade Science Activities : Page 9

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Have you ever noticed the ridges on a dog's nose? In this project, we take several dogs' nose prints and discover just how unique they are!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

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

This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Your child will do a fun science experiment using soap and pepper flakes to help understand the concepts of water molecules and the surface tension of water.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

This science fair project idea produces varying pitches of sound.

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Create a DIY Electromagnet! Using a 9v battery to create an electrical field around a nail, students explore electromagnetism in this cool science project idea.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

It's not actually that hard to get energy from garbage! Kids learn how to make biogas in the form of methane with this cool and easy science fair project idea.