Early Childhood Science Activities

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

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