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Science activities for kids

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Science is one of my favorite subjects to teach my children. Science is actually a perfect fit for the inquisitive nature of most young children. In many ways, young children are like little scientists because they are naturally drawn to discovering how the world around them works.

On this page I’m sharing lots of fun science activities for kids. They range from very simple science demonstrations to more complex science experiments.

Take some time to look at some of the ideas below and you are bound to find a few science activities that your kids would enjoy!

Wow, this page features TONS of great science activities for kids! This is a great resource for all the parents and teachers who would like to do more science with our kids but don't always know how or where to start. I've got to try dyeing flowers and some of the baking soda and vinegar experiments! Kids will flip for these hands-on science activities! || Gift of Curiosity

Below is a list of science activities that have been featured at Gift of Curiosity. Click an image to be taken directly to the post related to each activity.

Science activities

  • Gifts for kids who love science
  • Disappearing colors experiment
  • Jumping colors
  • Crystallized snowflakes
  • Coffee filter chromatography
  • Make your own telescope
  • Make your own compass
  • Candy experiments
  • Kid-made soap
  • Dancing raisins
  • Baking soda and vinegar experiment
  • Balloon magic with baking soda
  • Color explosion science and fun
  • Fun with magnets
  • Atom Smasher
  • Learning about camouflage
  • Skittles density rainbow
  • Exploring candy
  • Exploring air pressure
  • Earth crayons
  • Exploring shiny vs dull
  • Building with blocks and tape
  • Physics for kids
  • Blubber experiment
  • Water bead science
  • Color mixing science
  • Dissecting an owl pellet
  • Crystallized letters
  • Exploring hard vs soft
  • Science activities for kids
  • The egg drop challenge
  • Magic beans
  • Recycled paper with nature accents
  • 15 engineering challenges
  • Multi-colored bubble snake
  • Bubble STEM activities
  • M&M science rainbow
  • Grow a candy apple
  • 30 things to look at with a microscope
  • Erupting soap
  • Books about sinking and floating
  • Shrunken apple heads
  • Sink or float density activity
  • Build a structure you can balance
  • Growing bacteria
  • The floating egg density experiment
  • Boiled vs microwaved water experiment
  • Glitter bouncy balls
  • Apple Volcano
  • The leak proof bag
  • Archeological Dig
  • Tower Building Challenge
  • Creative DIY marble run ideas
  • How to make a bow and arrow
  • Car with square wheels

Botany activities

  • Books about seeds
  • Exploring seeds from packets
  • Exploring seeds from nature
  • Sprouting seeds
  • Learning about leaf parts and shapes
  • How leaves "breathe"
  • Why do leaves change colors?
  • How leaves get water
  • 3 ways to preserve leaves
  • The basics about plants
  • Flower dissection
  • Dyeing flowers
  • Intro to once living
  • Intro to living and nonliving
  • Books about living and nonliving
  • Apple rotting experiment
  • Dissecting an apple
  • Pumpkin decomposition
  • Pumpkin decomposition experiment
  • Spouting Indian corn
  • Indian corn popcorn
  • Where food comes from
  • Grow your own mushrooms
  • How leaves change colors
  • Sprouting fresh corn
  • Seed science activities
  • Shrunken apple heads
  • Wild Hair Creature Salon
  • Boiled vs microwaved water experiment
  • Life Cycle of an Apple Tree
  • Apple 3-Part Cards
  • Mushroom spore prints
  • Seed sprouting experiment
  • Cabbage experiment
  • Plantable seed paper
 

Zoology activities

  • Vertebrates vs invertebrates
  • Intro to living and nonliving
  • Intro to once living
  • Books about living and nonliving
  • Dissecting an owl pellet
  • Learning about camouflage
  • Up close with insects
  • Books about ants
  • What do ants like to eat
  • Ant 3-Part Cards
  • Ant anatomy
  • Preschool ladybug unit
  • Insect anatomy game
  • Silkworms update
  • Arctic animal videos
  • Arctic ice science and sensory play
  • Penguin activities
  • Learning about ocean animals
  • Aquarium and tide pools
  • Blubber experiment
  • Learning about farm animals
  • Farm Animal 3-Part Cards
  • Arctic Animals 3-Part Cards
  • Label the Parts of the Ocean Animals

Human Body Science Activities

  • Human Body Activity Book
  • Human Body Printables Bundle
  • How the stomach digests food
  • How germs spread
  • Temperature receptors in the skin
  • Introducing the five senses
  • My 5 Senses Book
  • Exploring my five senses
  • Skeleton 3-Part Cards
  • Internal Organs 3-Part Cards
  • Human Body Systems 3-Part Cards
  • Label the Parts of the Body System
  • Why do we have two eyes?
  • Human Body 3-Part Cards
  • Human Body Systems Book

Holiday science activities

  • Valentine heart fizzy painting
  • Grow a candy heart
  • Magic leprechaun rocks
  • Magic fizzing shamrocks
  • Color mixing rainbow challenge
  • Fizzing Easter eggs
  • Easter Peeps science experiment
  • Earth crayons
  • Fireworks in a jar
  • Ghost bubbles
  • Magic ghost Halloween science
  • Pumpkin decomposition
  • Pumpkin decomposition experiment
  • Describe a pumpkin using all 5 senses
  • Flying tea bag ghosts
  • Melted crayon pumpkin decorating
  • Magic melting pumpkins
  • Grow a candy jack-o-lantern
  • The Dancing Ghost
  • Spouting Indian corn
  • Indian corn popcorn
  • Christmas science
  • Crystallized candy cane
  • Christmas Peeps science experiment
  • Cornstarch block Christmas trees
  • Grow a candy Christmas wreath
  • Grow a candy Christmas tree
  • Grow a candy gingerbread man
  • Pumpkin Poppers
  • Flying tea bag reindeer

Weather science activities

  • DIY weather station
  • Cloud classification
  • Cloud in a jar
  • Cloud paintings
  • Rain cloud in a jar
  • DIY weather vane
  • Exploring air pressure
  • Wind resistance experiments
  • Tornado in a bottle
  • How do hurricanes form?
  • Make a hurricane

Ocean science activities

  • Learning about ocean animals
  • Salt water and waves
  • Books about the ocean
  • Blubber experiment
  • Shell activities
  • Aquarium and tide pools
  • Label the Parts of the Ocean Animals

Color science activities

  • Color mixing science
  • Color theory activity
  • Disappearing colors experiment
  • Color mixing rainbow challenge
  • Coffee filter chromatography
  • Color explosion science and fun
  • Jumping colors
  • Skittles density rainbow
  • Chromatography flowers
  • Fun with color mixing
  • Make your own markers
  • Color mixing with ice cubes

Five senses science activities

  • Introducing the five senses
  • Books about the five senses
  • Sense of smell - smelling bottles
  • Sense of taste - tasting bottles
  • Sense of hearing - making music
  • Sense of sight - color grading
  • Sense of touch - sandpaper grading
  • Sense of touch - identifying 3D shapes
  • Sense of touch - thermic glasses
  • My 5 Senses Book

Space science activities

  • Phases of the moon activities
  • How did the moon get its craters
  • Moon phases printables
  • Moon phases science and art activity
  • How planets orbit the sun
  • Earth's rotation and shadows
  • Solar system model

Winter science activities

  • Crystallized snowflakes
  • Learning about snowflakes
  • Arctic animal videos
  • Arctic ice science and sensory play
  • Penguin activities
  • Icicle craft and science project
 

States of matter science activities

  • Introducing states of matter
  • Books about states of matter
  • Exploring states of matter
  • Exploring air pressure
  • Melting candle wax
  • Balloon magic with baking soda
  • Dancing raisins
  • Straw rockets
  • States of matter sorting cards

Baking soda and vinegar science activities

  • Baking soda and vinegar experiment
  • Balloon magic with baking soda
  • Color explosion science and fun
  • Magic leprechaun rocks
  • Magic fizzing shamrocks
  • Fizzing Easter eggs
  • Valentine heart fizzy painting
  • Magic ghost Halloween science

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