Kindergarten and 1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 3

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

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

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

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.

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

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

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

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

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

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.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

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

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

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

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.