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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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Sinking Objects
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Sinking Objects
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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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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How to Make a Lemon Battery
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.
Second Grade
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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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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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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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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How to Make A Thermometer
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How to Make A Thermometer
Second Grade
Measurement
Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?
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How to Make A Thermometer
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How to Make A Thermometer
Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?
Second Grade
Measurement
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Backyard Astronomy
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Backyard Astronomy
Kindergarten
Earth and Space Science
Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.
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Backyard Astronomy
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Backyard Astronomy
Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.
Kindergarten
Earth and Space Science
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Does Hair Color Affect Static Electricity?
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Does Hair Color Affect Static Electricity?
Second Grade
Measurement
When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?
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Does Hair Color Affect Static Electricity?
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Does Hair Color Affect Static Electricity?
When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?
Second Grade
Measurement
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Streak Test
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Streak Test
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.
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Streak Test
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Streak Test
In this science fair project, students use the streak test to tell minerals apart from each other.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Rainbow in a Jar
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Rainbow in a Jar
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.
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Rainbow in a Jar
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Rainbow in a Jar
Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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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 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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Which Food Will Mold the Fastest?
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Which Food Will Mold the Fastest?
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.
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Which Food Will Mold the Fastest?
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Which Food Will Mold the Fastest?
This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Homemade Rain Gauge
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Homemade Rain Gauge
Second Grade
Earth and Space Science
Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!
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Homemade Rain Gauge
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Homemade Rain Gauge
Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!
Second Grade
Earth and Space 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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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
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Hero's Engine: Example of Newton's Third Law
In this cool engineering science fair project, kids learn how to build Hero's engine: an enlightening example of Newton's third law.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Bottle Race Car
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Bottle Race Car
Second Grade
Physical Science
Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.
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Bottle Race Car
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Bottle Race Car
Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.
Second Grade
Physical 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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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
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Is it a Fruit or a Veggie?
This science fair project teaches students the differences between fruits and vegetables.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Spinning Eggs
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Spinning Eggs
Second Grade
Physical Science
Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!
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Spinning Eggs
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Spinning Eggs
Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!
Second Grade
Physical Science
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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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Pepper and Soap Experiment
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Pepper and Soap Experiment
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.
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Pepper and Soap Experiment
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Pepper and Soap Experiment
Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Like Oil And Vinegar
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Like Oil And Vinegar
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.
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Like Oil And Vinegar
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Like Oil And Vinegar
This science fair project idea investigates emulsifiers that allow oil and vinegar to mix.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Build a Castle...and Explore First Grade Geometry!
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Build a Castle...and Explore First Grade Geometry!
First Grade
Geometry
Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.
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Build a Castle...and Explore First Grade Geometry!
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Build a Castle...and Explore First Grade Geometry!
Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.
First Grade
Geometry
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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass
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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass
Second Grade
Life Science
This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.
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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass
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Capture Fall Leaves in Stained Glass
This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.
Second Grade
Life Science
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To Leaf or Not to Leaf
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To Leaf or Not to Leaf
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.
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To Leaf or Not to Leaf
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To Leaf or Not to Leaf
Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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