Kindergarten and 1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 4

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

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

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

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

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

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

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.

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 project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

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.

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 different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!