Preschool - 5th Grade Science Activities : Page 9

The objective this science fair project is to determine whether a bigger bag will allow a homemade hot air balloon to fly higher than smaller bag.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

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.

In this CD hovercraft science project, students will construct their own DIY hovercraft.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

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

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

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.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine which conditions and materials quicken the composting process to make the best compost.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

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

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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

Test whether plants can grow without sunlight and water.

Use chemical analysis to identify a variety of mystery powders that look the same but actually have very different properties.