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Little Pig Algorithm
Little Pig Algorithm
Lesson Plan
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Little Pig Algorithm
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Introduce students to the term algorithm using the familiar story of The Three Little Pigs. In this lesson, students will develop an algorithm, or a step-by-step sequence of instructions, for building a house made out of bricks.
Lesson Plan
Little Pig Algorithm
Little Pig Algorithm
Lesson Plan
Little Pig Algorithm
Introduce students to the term algorithm using the familiar story of The Three Little Pigs. In this lesson, students will develop an algorithm, or a step-by-step sequence of instructions, for building a house made out of bricks.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Lesson Plan
Magnet Art
Magnet Art
Activity
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Magnet Art
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.
Activity
Magnet Art
Magnet Art
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Magnet Art
Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Activity
Feeding Plants
Feeding Plants
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Feeding Plants
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.
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Feeding Plants
Feeding Plants
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Feeding Plants
This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Practicing the Scientific Method with Puffy Paint
Practicing the Scientific Method with Puffy Paint
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Practicing the Scientific Method with Puffy Paint
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.
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Practicing the Scientific Method with Puffy Paint
Practicing the Scientific Method with Puffy Paint
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Practicing the Scientific Method with Puffy Paint
In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Shaving Cream Paintings
Shaving Cream Paintings
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Shaving Cream Paintings
Kindergarten
Life Science
Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.
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Shaving Cream Paintings
Shaving Cream Paintings
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Shaving Cream Paintings
Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
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Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
Kindergarten
Life Science
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.
Activity
Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
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Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
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.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?
Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?
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Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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.
Activity
Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?
Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?
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Do Some Liquids Expand More than Others When Frozen?
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.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Ew... Brown Guacamole!
Ew... Brown Guacamole!
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Ew... Brown Guacamole!
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.
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Ew... Brown Guacamole!
Ew... Brown Guacamole!
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Ew... Brown Guacamole!
This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
Activity
Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Yeast Experiment: It's Alive!
Yeast Experiment: It's Alive!
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Yeast Experiment: It's Alive!
Kindergarten
Life Science
Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.
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Yeast Experiment: It's Alive!
Yeast Experiment: It's Alive!
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Yeast Experiment: It's Alive!
Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Mix Color for Rainbow Stew!
Mix Color for Rainbow Stew!
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Mix Color for Rainbow Stew!
Kindergarten
Life Science
Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.
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Mix Color for Rainbow Stew!
Mix Color for Rainbow Stew!
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Mix Color for Rainbow Stew!
Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Kindergarten
Life Science
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
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Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.
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Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
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Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
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Demonstrating Photosynthesis: Writing in Grass
This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Homemade Hand Sanitizer
Homemade Hand Sanitizer
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Homemade Hand Sanitizer
Kindergarten
Life Science
Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!
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Homemade Hand Sanitizer
Homemade Hand Sanitizer
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Homemade Hand Sanitizer
Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Activity
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Activity
Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Activity
How Well Does Sound Travel Through a Gas? A Liquid? A Solid?
Activity
How Well Does Sound Travel Through a Gas? A Liquid? A Solid?
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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.
Activity
How Well Does Sound Travel Through a Gas? A Liquid? A Solid?
Activity
How Well Does Sound Travel Through a Gas? A Liquid? 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.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Activity
Dehydrating Carrots
Dehydrating Carrots
Activity
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Dehydrating Carrots
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Get a better understanding of water content by dehydrating carrots.
Activity
Dehydrating Carrots
Dehydrating Carrots
Activity
Dehydrating Carrots
Get a better understanding of water content by dehydrating carrots.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Bubble Science
Bubble Science
Activity
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Bubble Science
Pre-K
Physical Science
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!
Activity
Bubble Science
Bubble Science
Activity
Bubble Science
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!
Pre-K
Physical Science
Activity
Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Activity
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Dishing Out the Colors
Dishing Out the Colors
Activity
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Dishing Out the Colors
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.
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Dishing Out the Colors
Dishing Out the Colors
Activity
Dishing Out the Colors
Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
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Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.
Activity
Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
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Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
What Happens When Oil and Water Get Together?
What Happens When Oil and Water Get Together?
Activity
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What Happens When Oil and Water Get Together?
Kindergarten
Physical Science
In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.
Activity
What Happens When Oil and Water Get Together?
What Happens When Oil and Water Get Together?
Activity
What Happens When Oil and Water Get Together?
In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Activity
Make a Magnet Painting
Make a Magnet Painting
Activity
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Make a Magnet Painting
Kindergarten
Life Science
Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.
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Make a Magnet Painting
Make a Magnet Painting
Activity
Make a Magnet Painting
Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Glove In a Jar: Demonstration of a Closed System
Glove In a Jar: Demonstration of a Closed System
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Glove In a Jar: Demonstration of a Closed System
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.
Activity
Glove In a Jar: Demonstration of a Closed System
Glove In a Jar: Demonstration of a Closed System
Activity
Glove In a Jar: Demonstration of a Closed System
In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
Worksheet
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STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Use these STEM design challenges to foster creativity and critical thinking skills in young learners while introducing them to the engineering process.
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge Cards for Young Learners
Use these STEM design challenges to foster creativity and critical thinking skills in young learners while introducing them to the engineering process.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
Worksheet
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STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Children will plan our their STEM design, reflect on the process of building their creation, and brainstorm ways they could make their design even better.
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
Worksheet
STEM Design Challenge: Plan, Reflect, Revise
Children will plan our their STEM design, reflect on the process of building their creation, and brainstorm ways they could make their design even better.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Worksheet
The Speed of Sound on a String
The Speed of Sound on a String
Activity
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The Speed of Sound on a String
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.
Activity
The Speed of Sound on a String
The Speed of Sound on a String
Activity
The Speed of Sound on a String
This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Activity
Sorting and Classification for Young Children
Sorting and Classification for Young Children
Activity
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Sorting and Classification for Young Children
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.
Activity
Sorting and Classification for Young Children
Sorting and Classification for Young Children
Activity
Sorting and Classification for Young Children
This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Activity
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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.
Activity
Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Activity
Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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