Free Science Games for Kids

What children learn in science

Science for kids is about asking questions and testing ideas. Young children observe plants, animals, weather and the sky, and early elementary students study pushes and pulls, light and sound, habitats and materials. In Grades 3–5 they plan fair tests about forces, energy, life cycles, rocks, water and the solar system. Middle school goes deeper into cells and body systems, chemical reactions, waves, plate tectonics and climate. Predicting, measuring and explaining with evidence matter as much as the facts.

PlayOwl has 21 science games for Preschool to Grade 8, from Habitat Builder 3D (Kindergarten to Grade 5) to Bridge Lab (Grades 3–8). There are 10 grade pages of science games and 15 of science worksheets (168 printable PDFs in all), such as 4th Grade Science Games. The collections Science Games for Kids: Young Scientists and Discovery Lab: Science and Memory Games group games by skill. How Things Work explains machines, the body, space and nature with interactive diagrams and experiments to try. Science courses in the Academy go further, lesson by lesson, from Preschool to Grade 12.