Science Activities for Elementary-Age

Kids

By Sarahvrichard

Science activities for elementary-age kids can provide a meaningful experience to children by
showing them how things work. Children can learn the basic essentials for creating colors to the
basic essentials for creating large machines.
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Mixing Colors Science Activity

Materials needed:

old shirt or smock

paint

paper plates

newspapers

paint brush

water

cups

One science activity for elementary-age kids is mixing colors. Lay out the newspapers to protect
the floor or furniture. Everyone should be wearing an old shirt or smock to protect their clothing.
Place a dab of blue, yellow, and red paint (the primary colors) on the top of each child's plate.
Have the children predict what will happen if they mix different colors together. Then have them
experiment with mixing to see if their predictions were correct. Have each child mix a few drops
of paint together at the bottom of their plate. Try other colors, such as red and yellow or red and
blue, to see what other colors they can make. Ask children: Can they make any more colors?

What pictures can they draw with these colors? When they are finished with the activity, show
children how to wash out each of the paint brushes, and show the children how to clean up their
area, so that paint is not spilled all over the place.

Machines
Materials needed:

screw

hammer

board

Teach children about the basic parts of simple machines. Screws are used to keep things in their
respective places. Ask children to give examples of how screws are useful. For example, they
keep the covers for batteries in place for all our toys! Hammers are a type of lever that can easily
remove things. For example, hammers make removing nails a lot easier! An inclined plane can
be created by placing a board on an angle to show children how it is easier to move things from
one level to the next. What is an example of an inclined plane? A wheelchair ramp into a house
is one example. After the discussion, have children draw a picture demonstrating the use of one
of these simple machines. Children can also brainstorm a list of other simple machines, and then
make a list of complex machines.
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Weather Graph
Materials needed:

pictures of the sun

pictures of clouds

pictures of rain

pictures of wind

construction paper

pen or markers

Instruct students to draw a graph. Write the numbers one to ten on the vertical line (or Y- axis).
On the horizontal line (or X - axis) write the types of weather: sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy. Over

the course of two weeks, students will observe the weather every morning and place the
appropriate picture on their graph. At the end of their week, they can compare their graph to
answer various questions about the recent weather. For example, one question you could ask
them is if they had more sunny than rainy days.

Make a Fossil
Materials needed:

play dough or clay

various objects, such as miniature old toys, coins, or leaves

Explain to children that fossils are ancient records or pictures from a long time ago. They are
imprints created by past species that are molded into clay or dirt that has hardened and saved
the outline. Using various objects, children can make their own fossils by gently pressing them
into play dough or clay to make an imprint.

Science Activities: Elementary-Age Kids Summary

Children love to explore and discover the world around them. Science activities allow them to do
just this, and should not be left only to the science classroom. Whenever your child expresses an
interest in his natural environment, a window is open for a learning opportunity. Visit Science
Club to find more simple science activities for elementary-age kids.

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Paper towel water transfer science experiment for kids

We have been having so much science fun lately in our house. From balloon powered rockets
to experimenting with food coloring, my little guy is having a blast learning!

I got this idea off Pinterest from:

http://wemadethat.blogspot.com/2013/03/water-transfer-experiment.html
Special thanks to this site for helping me explain this water transfer experiement to my
son: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments/escapingwater.html
First, I started out with only 4 glasses and added another after the process began (I found some
green food coloring that had fallen out of the box!).
So set up your station with atleast 2 or more glasses. Your middle glasses should be empty... like
this:

Drop some food coloring into the water, you could skip this step... but I like how the color helps
you to see the process better!

Then take some paper towels and drape them from glass to glass. It should look like this:

Then you wait.

And wait... until-

YAY!
Enjoy!~ Miranda