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Bubble Science
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Bubble Science
Pre-K
Physical Science
This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!
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Bubble Science
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Bubble Science
This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!
Pre-K
Physical Science
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Oobleck Science: Solid or Liquid?
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Oobleck Science: Solid or Liquid?
First Grade
Physical Science
Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!
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Oobleck Science: Solid or Liquid?
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Oobleck Science: Solid or Liquid?
Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!
First Grade
Physical Science
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Sinking Objects
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Sinking Objects
First Grade
Physical Science
This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.
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Sinking Objects
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Sinking Objects
This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.
First Grade
Physical Science
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How do Sedimentary Layers Form?
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How do Sedimentary Layers Form?
First Grade
Earth and Space Science
In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.
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How do Sedimentary Layers Form?
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How do Sedimentary Layers Form?
In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.
First Grade
Earth and Space Science
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Gluep: Solid or Liquid?
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Gluep: Solid or Liquid?
First Grade
Physical Science
Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!
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Gluep: Solid or Liquid?
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Gluep: Solid or Liquid?
Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!
First Grade
Physical Science
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Make Ladybug Tightrope Racers
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Make Ladybug Tightrope Racers
First Grade
Physical Science
Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!
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Make Ladybug Tightrope Racers
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Make Ladybug Tightrope Racers
Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!
First Grade
Physical Science
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Tide Pool Animals
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Tide Pool Animals
Second Grade
Life Science
This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.
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Tide Pool Animals
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Tide Pool Animals
This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.
Second Grade
Life Science
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Water Pollution: Can You See It?
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Water Pollution: Can You See It?
First Grade
Earth and Space Science
Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.
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Water Pollution: Can You See It?
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Water Pollution: Can You See It?
Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.
First Grade
Earth and Space Science
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Make a Self-Portrait from Nature
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Make a Self-Portrait from Nature
First Grade
Earth and Space Science
Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!
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Make a Self-Portrait from Nature
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Make a Self-Portrait from Nature
Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!
First Grade
Earth and Space Science
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Design Your Own Planet
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Design Your Own Planet
Pre-K
Earth and Space Science
In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.
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Design Your Own Planet
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Design Your Own Planet
In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.
Pre-K
Earth and Space Science
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Homemade Frozen Yogurt
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Homemade Frozen Yogurt
Pre-K
Physical Science
Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!
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Homemade Frozen Yogurt
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Homemade Frozen Yogurt
Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!
Pre-K
Physical Science
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Kindergarten
Life Science
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Do Plants Breathe?
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Do Plants Breathe?
Second Grade
Measurement
Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.
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Do Plants Breathe?
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Do Plants Breathe?
Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.
Second Grade
Measurement
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Outer Space Painting
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Outer Space Painting
Pre-K
Earth and Space Science
Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.
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Outer Space Painting
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Outer Space Painting
Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.
Pre-K
Earth and Space Science
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
First Grade
Reading
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
First Grade
Reading
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Experiment with Boiled Egg Science
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Experiment with Boiled Egg Science
Second Grade
Physical Science
This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.
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Experiment with Boiled Egg Science
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Experiment with Boiled Egg Science
This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.
Second Grade
Physical Science
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Turn Salt Water into Drinking Water
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Turn Salt Water into Drinking Water
Pre-K
Physical Science
Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.
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Turn Salt Water into Drinking Water
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Turn Salt Water into Drinking Water
Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.
Pre-K
Physical Science
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Separate Salt and Pepper With Static Electricity
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Separate Salt and Pepper With Static Electricity
Second Grade
Physical Science
What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.
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Separate Salt and Pepper With Static Electricity
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Separate Salt and Pepper With Static Electricity
What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.
Second Grade
Physical Science
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Kindergarten
Physical Science
In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Microwave Candy: Do Some Colors of M&Ms Melt Faster than Others?
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Microwave Candy: Do Some Colors of M&Ms Melt Faster than Others?
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?
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Microwave Candy: Do Some Colors of M&Ms Melt Faster than Others?
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Microwave Candy: Do Some Colors of M&Ms Melt Faster than Others?
The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Germs on Hands
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Germs on Hands
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.
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Germs on Hands
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Germs on Hands
In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
Pre-K
Life Science
Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!
Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!
Pre-K
Life Science
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Chromatography for Kids
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Chromatography for Kids
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!
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Chromatography for Kids
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Chromatography for Kids
Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Make a Parachute Toy
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Make a Parachute Toy
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.
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Make a Parachute Toy
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Make a Parachute Toy
This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
Kindergarten
Life Science
Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
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Where Do I Live? An Animal Habitat Game
Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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States of Matter in a Baggie
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States of Matter in a Baggie
Second Grade
Physical Science
Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.
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States of Matter in a Baggie
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States of Matter in a Baggie
Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.
Second Grade
Physical Science
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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