Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 7

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

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

This science fair project idea investigates the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

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

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

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

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

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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 classic Ivory soap experiment, kids learn what happens to different types of soap in the microwave, and why!

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

Enter the buzz worthy world of bee watching and find out what time bees like to wake up!

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

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

This science project uses Mohsâ Hardness Test to show kids how to compare the hardness of different types of minerals.

Demonstrate the properties of pressure and surface tension to explain how water can stay inside an upside down glass using cardboard.

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

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!

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

This science fair project idea explores substances that cause a bubble to last longer.

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

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 science fair project idea investigates the difference in reaction times between boys and girls.

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

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.