1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 3

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.