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2nd Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources for 'simple machines'

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Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
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Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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.
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Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
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Inspire Simple STEAM Exploration
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.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Make a Pulley
Make a Pulley
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Make a Pulley
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.
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Make a Pulley
Make a Pulley
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Make a Pulley
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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Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
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Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.
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Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
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Balancing Rocks: A Wobbly Game
Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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What is a Wedge?
What is a Wedge?
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What is a Wedge?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.
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What is a Wedge?
What is a Wedge?
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What is a Wedge?
What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Heat Transfer Experiment
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Heat Transfer Experiment
Second Grade
Measurement
This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.
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Heat Transfer Experiment
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Heat Transfer Experiment
This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.
Second Grade
Measurement
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Heating Sugar
Heating Sugar
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Heating Sugar
Second Grade
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!
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Heating Sugar
Heating Sugar
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Heating Sugar
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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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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
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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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
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
Halloween STEM Building Challenge
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
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.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Water Soluble Science
Water Soluble Science
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Water Soluble Science
First Grade
Physical Science
Your students will enjoy this hands on lesson where they make simple solutions and mixtures. They will have an opportunity to predict and observe solids that dissolve in water.
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Water Soluble Science
Water Soluble Science
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Water Soluble Science
Your students will enjoy this hands on lesson where they make simple solutions and mixtures. They will have an opportunity to predict and observe solids that dissolve in water.
First Grade
Physical Science
Lesson Plan
What Is an Algorithm?
What Is an Algorithm?
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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.
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What Is an Algorithm?
What Is an Algorithm?
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What Is an Algorithm?
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.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
The Single Fixed Pulley System
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
The Single Fixed Pulley System
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The Single Fixed Pulley System
Kids construct a single fixed pulley system to learn how pulleys can make work easier in this cool physics and engineering science fair project idea.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
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How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
Second Grade
Physical Science
How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.
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How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
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How A Kazoo Makes Sounds
How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.
Second Grade
Physical Science
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Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
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Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.
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Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
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Gravitational Forces for Preschoolers
This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.
First Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
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Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
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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Dig This: Biodegradation
Dig This: Biodegradation
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Dig This: Biodegradation
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.
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Dig This: Biodegradation
Dig This: Biodegradation
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Dig This: Biodegradation
How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Easy Rhyming Words
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Easy Rhyming Words
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.
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Easy Rhyming Words
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Easy Rhyming Words
It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Robot Obstacle Course
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
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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Measuring Magnification
Measuring Magnification
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Measuring Magnification
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.
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Measuring Magnification
Measuring Magnification
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Measuring Magnification
This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil
Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil
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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this investigation, an oil spill is simulated in a jar to observe the damage that oil spills have on the ocean and ocean life.
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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil
Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil
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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil
In this investigation, an oil spill is simulated in a jar to observe the damage that oil spills have on the ocean and ocean life.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
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Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
Pre-K
Handwriting
By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!
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Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
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Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!
Pre-K
Handwriting
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Growing in the Dark: Plants and Light
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
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
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Geography, Latitude, and the North Star: Where Am I?
Geography, Latitude, and the North Star: Where Am I?
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Geography, Latitude, and the North Star: Where Am I?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Find the North Star, and measure your latitude! The purpose of this science fair project is to find latitude and learn about geographic locations.
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Geography, Latitude, and the North Star: Where Am I?
Geography, Latitude, and the North Star: Where Am I?
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Geography, Latitude, and the North Star: Where Am I?
Find the North Star, and measure your latitude! The purpose of this science fair project is to find latitude and learn about geographic locations.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Can You Keep a Secret?
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.
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Can You Keep a Secret?
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Can You Keep a Secret?
Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Shape Words
Shape Words
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Shape Words
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!
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Shape Words
Shape Words
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Shape Words
Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Geology 101
Geology 101
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Geology 101
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.
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Geology 101
Geology 101
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Geology 101
Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Can Crystals Show Color Mixing?
Can Crystals Show Color Mixing?
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Can Crystals Show Color Mixing?
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.
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Can Crystals Show Color Mixing?
Can Crystals Show Color Mixing?
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Can Crystals Show Color Mixing?
This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.
Second Grade
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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