Preschool - 5th Grade Life Science Activities

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

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.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

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!

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

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

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.