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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass

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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass

Kindergarten

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass

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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Kindergarten

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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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

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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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

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

In this fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.

Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat

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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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.

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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat

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Building Brick Challenge: Build a Boat

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.

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows

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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows

Second Grade

Earth and Space Science

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows

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Chart the Phases of the Moon with Marshmallows

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Second Grade

Earth and Space Science

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Halloween STEM Building Challenge

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Halloween STEM Building Challenge

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

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Halloween STEM Building Challenge

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Halloween STEM Building Challenge

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Recording Observations: What Do You See?

Worksheet

Recording Observations: What Do You See?

Pre-K

Physical Science

Children hone their powers of observation using this worksheet template.

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Recording Observations: What Do You See?

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Recording Observations: What Do You See?

Children hone their powers of observation using this worksheet template.

Pre-K

Physical Science

Worksheet

Lab Safety Dress Up #3

Worksheet

Lab Safety Dress Up #3

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Prepare students for an upcoming science lab with this helpful worksheet!

Worksheet

Lab Safety Dress Up #3

Worksheet

Lab Safety Dress Up #3

Prepare students for an upcoming science lab with this helpful worksheet!

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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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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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids

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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids

Kindergarten

Physical Science

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids

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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Kindergarten

Physical Science

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

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Design Challenge: Marble Labyrinths

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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Robot Obstacle Course

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Robot Obstacle Course

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

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Robot Obstacle Course

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Robot Obstacle Course

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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The Speed of Sound on a String

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The Speed of Sound on a String

Kindergarten

Physical Science

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

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The Speed of Sound on a String

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The Speed of Sound on a String

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Kindergarten

Physical Science

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Corn Maze STEM Challenge

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Corn Maze STEM Challenge

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

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Corn Maze STEM Challenge

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Corn Maze STEM Challenge

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

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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Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light

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Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

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Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light

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Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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What Are the Layers of the Earth?

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What Are the Layers of the Earth?

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

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What Are the Layers of the Earth?

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What Are the Layers of the Earth?

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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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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Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?

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Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

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Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?

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Magnet Experiment: Are Two Magnets Twice as Strong as One?

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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What Is an Algorithm?

Lesson Plan

What Is an Algorithm?

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this lesson, students will learn to create a simple algorithm using block code. The platform used for this activity is a website created by Google that provides free educational games that teach students to program using block code.

Lesson Plan

What Is an Algorithm?

Lesson Plan

What Is an Algorithm?

Second Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Lesson Plan

Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg

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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg

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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

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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

Engineering and Science Inquiry

In this lesson, students will create a set of instructions for navigating a life-size maze.

In this lesson, students will create a set of instructions for navigating a life-size maze.

First Grade

Engineering and Science Inquiry

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

First Grade

Measurement

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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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2nd Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources for 'fun'