Investigate Activity: Modeling Phases of the Moon Students use a styrene ball and a lamp to make a model of the moon and its phases. Materials...		Recycled Bird Feeders Follow these instructions to build simple birdhouses out of recycled materials.
Investigate Activity: Observing Growth of Fungi Students observe the growth of fungi. Materials list, rubric, worksheets, and answer key are...		Soda Bottle Terrarium Students can make their own mini-environments with plastic soda bottles, seeds, and small...
Explore Activity: Exploring Protective Coloring Students explore how a moth's coloring protects it from being seen in its habitat. Materials...		Tracking a Hurricane In this simulation, students will track a hurricane in the manner of a meteorologist.
Explore Activity: Exploring a Model of the Earth's Layers Students make a model of the Earth's layers using 3 colors of modeling clay. Materials list,...		Atmospheric Layers Use a printable that contains handy information about the layers of the atmosphere.
Investigate Activity: Investigating Sunlight and the Earth's Tilt Students use plastic-foam balls and flashlights to model how sunlight reaches different parts...		What Makes an Indian Summer? Students learn why leaves change color in the fall, leading to "Indian Summer."...
Clouds, Clouds, Everywhere Try a printable science activity that focuses on three types of clouds.		Favorite Season Graph Try a printable science activity that focuses on conducting a survey.
Grand Canyon Rock Strata Students learn about the geologic layers in the Grand Canyon by recreating them in an art...		Mountain Building: How Mountains Grow Try a printable science activity that illustrates how mountains are formed. Students simulate...
Mohs Mineral Math Students figure out new facts about minerals by completing arithmetic problems.		Making Time Lines: Relating Time to Distance Explore an activity that integrates math and science, as students create a large chart to plot...
Daily Writing Activities: Recycle It! Challenge your students to think about alternate uses for commonly discarded items.		The Water Cycle Hand out a printable activity that demonstrates how water on Earth is continuously evaporating...
Where Does the Garbage Go? Here's an illustration that shows what happens to trash after it is thrown out.		Earth Science Printable Book (K-4) Teach your class the basics of Earth science using this printable book of activities, lessons,...