Preschool - 1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 2

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

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

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

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

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

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

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

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.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

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

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

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

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

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.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

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

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 awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

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

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

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.