Science Coloring Pages

• Lab equipment: a beaker, test tubes in a rack, a microscope, safety goggles and a magnifying glass
• Scientists at work: a chemist holding a flask, a marine biologist at a tide pool and an astronomer at a telescope
• Earth science: the water cycle and the layers of the Earth
• Life science: a plant cell, the parts of a flower and the butterfly life cycle
• Space: the eight planets in order from the Sun
• Physical science: a magnet with paper clips, a simple circuit with a bulb, and solids, liquids and gases
• Kitchen experiments: a baking soda volcano and a bean sprouting in a jar

A coloring diagram works best when color carries meaning. Give students a key before they start.

Water cycle. Color the evaporation arrows orange for heat, the clouds gray and the precipitation blue. The four stages to label are evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.

Planets. From the Sun outward the order is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Have students color the four rocky planets one way and the four giant planets another.

Butterfly life cycle. Four stages: egg, caterpillar (larva), chrysalis (pupa) and adult. Number them on the page and draw arrows in a circle.

States of matter. Draw particles packed tightly in the solid, loosely in the liquid and spread far apart in the gas.

Layers of the Earth. Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core, from the outside in.

After coloring, cut the labels off and use the page as a quiz, or glue it into a science notebook. In younger grades, the lab equipment and scientist pages pair well with a safety talk: goggles on, hair tied back, never taste anything in a lab.