Preschool - 1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 4

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.

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

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

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.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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

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

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

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

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!

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

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

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

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

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

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

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

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

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

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

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.