Category - Science Activities

Science experiments, projects, and hands on activities to make learning fun!

One of my favorit things to teach during the spring and summer seasons is the life cycle of a plant for kindergarten. To make your job easy, I've included tons of plant activities for kindergarten to include in your lesson plan on plants for kindergarten. I've included plant books, free kindergarten plants worksheet choices, and some handy educational videos on plants too. Plus these plant activity ideas for kids are handy for elementary age students from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th graders too!

Plant Activities For Kindergarten: Teacher Approved Resources

Rock Activities for Kids

Edible 3 Types of Rocks Activity and Rock Cycle for Kids

Grab these printable farm animal life cycles books to learn about the life cycle of a worm, chicken, rabbit, and bat for kids. Color, read, and learn!

FREE Farm Animal Life Cycles Printable Readers for Kids

Learn about water animals for kids with these free printable life cycle books to read, color, and learn about frogs, sea turtles, salmon, and sharks.

FREE Water Animals for Kids Life Cycle Printable Books

Learn about the plant life cycle for kids with free printable life cycle booklets to read, color and learn about how apples, pumpkins, and watermelons grow.

FREE Printable Plant Life Cycle for Kids Reader

This life cycle printable books are a fun way to learn about polar animals for kids and their life cycles. Simply print, color, read, and start learning!

FREE Mammal Animals for Kids Life Cycle Printable Books

thanksgiving science

Skittle Turkey Science Activities for November

November Activities

Dancing Corn Fall Thanskgiving Science Experiment for...

Have you ever wondered what creates thunderstorms and tornadoes? Well it all goes back to density. In this why does warm air rise and cold air sink demonstration, kids will be able to visualy see the concept of why does warm air rise with a science activity for kindergarten, pre-k, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders. WIth the density experiment for kids knowldege, you can more easily explain how the updraft and downdraft winds created by cloud formations can create tornados!

Why Does Warm Air Rise and Cold Air Sink? Weather...

Halloween Lava Lamp Science Experiment

EASY Pumpkin Volcano Science Experiments

Halloween Activities for Kids

Not-so-Spooky Halloween Ghost Science Experiment

fall activities for preschoolers

Apple Volcano Experiment and Activity for Kids in...

Why Apples Turn Brown

Apple Browning Science Experiment with FREE Oxidation...

easy science experiments

Underwater Volcano Science Experiment for Kids

school bus activity fo kids

Back to School Yellow Bus Science Activity for Kids

Did you know you can effectively demonstrate density with just food coloring, sugar, and water! Don't believe me? This rainbow in a jar with sugar allows you to show kids how the more dense a liquid (colored for visual purposes only), the heavier it is and it will sink. This rainbow density jar is quick, easy, and cheap to try. Use this rainbow in a jar experiment with sugar as a rainbow activity for kids in the spring or as part of a science lesson on density for kids. No matter how you use it, this density experiment makes an impressive density tower that will impress preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too.

Rainbow in a Jar with Sugar – Density Science...

Grow a Rainbow – Capillary Action Experiment for...

Germs Experiment for Preschoolers

Germ and Hand Washing Experiment for Kids

STEM Activity for Kids

DIY Water Xylophone Activity – Sound Science...

Beach Summer Density Tower Science Experiment for Kids

Many kindergartners are curious about their bodies and how they work. At this age they tend to learn about the five senses, but they love learning more if you make it simple and age-appropriate! This simple, fun lungs project for kids allows preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders start to understand how do lungs work! All you need are a couple common household materials and you are ready for a human body project on lungs for kids!

How do Lungs Work Human Body Project for Kids

Kids are always impressed when you can use common household produce to produce electricity. This spin on the classic potato clock or lemon battery uses a juicy, red TOMATO! In this amazing tomato battery your children will use a couple simple materials to make a tomato powered light. This tomato battery experiment is for all ages from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and lementary age students in first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade tooas they explore creating a circuit. This electricity experiment for kids is sure to WOW and get kids excited about kindergarten science.

Tomato Electricity Battery Experiment for Kids

patriotic activities

Stars “Bursting” 4th of July Science...

beach activities for kids

Summer Activities Disolving Seashell Science Experiment

Ketchup Volcano Science Experiment

Kids will be excited to learn and explore when making this ice cream volcano! This is a combination of an ice cream activity and easy volcano experiments for one EPIC, memorable summer activity for kids! Try this summer experiment as part of your ice cream theme with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders. This project causes a super cool, baking soda and vinegar reaction that will create a fun WOW moment for kids!

Ice Cream Volcano Experiment – Summer Science...

Red-White-and-Blue-Science-Project

4th of July Red White and Blue Science Experiments

Grab these bee printables to learn about the life cycle of a bee plus math and literacy review too! Over 50 pages of FREE bee worksheets to play and learn.

FREE Bee Life Cycle Worksheets Printables for Kids

Nature walk ideas

Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt Activity

Is your preschool, kindergarten, or first grade student learning about the 5 senses for kids? These handy 5 senses coloring pages are a greaty way to introduce the five sense in a way that isn’t an overly complicated. These five senses coloring pages introduce children to the sense of taste, smell, sight, hearing, and feeling. Simply download pdf file with five senses coloring pages for preschool and you are ready to play and learn with a fun 5 senses activity for kids!

5 Senses Coloring Pages

Did you know you can regrow celery? Unlike most vegetables that need a seed to grow, you can work on growing celery in water from what is leftover from the celery stalk. If you are exploring plants in your kindergarten science you will love this simple, but fascinating celery experiment. Toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students can easily learn how to grow celery in water.

How to Grow Celery in Water Experiment

Earth Day Science Experiments

Earth Day Science – Celery Water Pollution...

Easter Science Experiment

Peeps Science Experiment – Easter STEM...

Get ready to WOW your kids by sneaking in an EASY St Patricks Day Science with this fun Grow a Shamrock project! Kids will have fun watching a three leaf clover grow borax crystals overnight with this engaging St Patricks Day Activity for kids of all ages! Try this super simple activity with preschool, pre-k, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and kindergarten st patrick's day.

Grow a Shamrock Activity – St Patricks Day...

We love doing lots of fun valentines day activities during February. I just love the heart themes in pretty pink, red, and purple. This valentines day slime is super easy to whip up and will provide hours and hours of fun valentines day ideas with your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students.

Valentines Day Slime

Understanding Density for Kids doesn't have to be hard when you use a fun, hands-on liquid density experiment to demonstarate! Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, we decided to make our kindergarten science experiment a fun Valentines Day Science project. This valentine science experiments will amaze toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade and 2nd grade students. So when you are looking for your next valentines day activity, try an idea that is both fun and educational!

Density for Kids Science Experiment for Valentines Day

EASY Valentines Day Science with a pink balloon and glitter to make static electricity balloon experiment in February or anytime. This is such a fun Valentines Day activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students too.

EASY Static Electricity Balloon Experiment

Are your kids learning how to brush their teeth? It can be difficult to remember all of the important steps and although we are there to help them, we ultimately want them to learn to do it on their own. Brushing teeth is a crucial step each day, if not more than once a day. This simple to make Sliding Checklist For Brushing Teeth can make it super easy for kids to know what to do next! Simply download pdf file with dental printables to make your own, free printable, reusable brushing teeth visual sequence. This is such a fun dental activities to add to your dental theme for Dental Health Month in February with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students.

Sliding Brushing Teeth Visual Sequence Dental...

Winter Activities for Kids

Snowman Measuring Snowfall – Winter STEM...

If your kids love the traditional baking soda and vinegar eruptions, they are going to love this snowy version! This Erupting Melted Snow is just a few more ingredients but the results are foamy, sparkly and fun! Toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students will love this winter science experiment. Use this as a winter activity for kids or a way to sneak in some learning with winter science.

Erupting Snow Winter Science Experiment

Gumdrop Christmas tree stem activity

Gumdrops Ornaments Made with Christmas Science...

Magic Milk Experiment with a festive flair perfect for making learning fun in December. This Christmas Science experiment for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students is so easy and fun to watch - it does not disappoint!

Christmas Magic Milk Science Experiment for Kids

Help kids explore and learn while having fun this holiday season with this super cool Ornaments christmas science experiments. In this Christmas STEM Project, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students will use a battery, magnet, and copper wire to make a motor to make free printable ornaments go around like a merry go round. This is a simple electronics project that will surely engage and impress students throughout the month of December. Don't miss this spinning science project that makes the best christmas activities for kindergarten.

Ornaments-Go-Round Christmas Science STEM Activities

Chromatography Experiment

EASY Sharpie Permanent Marker Science Experiment for...

Snow Volcano Science Experiment

free parts of a plant worksheets for kids to do alongside plants science experiment for prek, kindergarten, and first grade students

FREE Parts of a Plant Worksheet and Activity for...

FREE Printable Animal Habitats Activities for...

FREE Silly Animal Puzzles & Habitats Activity - this free printable science activity is such a cute, free printable that allows kids to create silly animals, think about what that would meal for survival, and sort them into their appropriate habitats. Such a fun kids activity and homeschool, educational activity for toddler, preschool, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade. #habitats #kindergarten #firstgrade

Animal Habitats for Kids Activity

Amazing Food Coloring Flower Science Experiment w/...

Oil-and-Water-Science-Experiment

Colorful Oil and Water Science Experiment

month-by-month-science-experiments

Kindergarten Science Experiments for every Month

Bending-Water-Science-Experiment

Bending Water – Simple Static Electricity...

salt-crystal-hearts

Valentines Day Salt Crystal Hearts Science Experiment

frost-in-a-can-science-experiment

How to Make Frost in a Can Winter Science Experiment

Ornament-Science-Experiment

Fizzy Christmas Ornaments Science Experiment for Kids

Egg-Sink-or-Float-Experiment

EASY Sink or Float Egg Science Experiment with FREE...

Dinosaur Stack Engineering

Dinosaur Stack Engineering (STEM Activity for...

Glitter Volcano Science Experiment

Glitter Volcano Science Experiment for Kids