Want a creative way to get your kids to eat more vegetables? This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about the health benefits of eating vegetables while creating an fun veggie puppet play about nutrition!
In this activity, your child will fill jars with varied amounts of water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.
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Experiment with Splashy Science
Summer's in full swing and the temperature is creeping ever higher. Fill up the kiddie pool, gather a stash of preschool science equipment, and get ready to introduce your child to the power of hypothesis.
The Red Cabbage Acid Test
How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!
Foam it! Cause a Chemical Reaction
This experiment uses a yeast solution, liquid detergent such as Dawn, and hydrogen peroxide to produce an exciting reaction like no other!
Make Ice Cream in a Baggie!
Based on the concept of water's "freezing point," this activity entails lowering the freezing point to chill another substance - in this case, ice cream!
Use Your Backyard as a Math and Science Lab!
The garden is a place for growing flowers, chasing butterflies - even impromptu tag. But you can slip in some math and science learning without drawing too much attention to yourself.
Plant a Fail-Safe Veggie Garden!
What happens when you give a kid dirt, a shovel, and a squirting hose? Chances are, a big mess, and a lot of fun.
Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
Want to give your child a peek into the science behind a tree's changing leaves? With this hands-on activity, you'll show how those colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!
Guess My Rock!
There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.
Electro-Scope It Out!
An electroscope is a simple device that measures static electricity, or the freely flowing electrical charges of the atmosphere. Static electricity is caused by friction, or something rubbing against something else.
Make a Temperature Tracker
By developing graphing skills and interpreting data, students are exercising key analytical skills. Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen these skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!
