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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Different Textures
Different Textures
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Different Textures
Kindergarten
Life Science
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!
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Different Textures
Different Textures
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Different Textures
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!
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
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Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
Pre-K
Handwriting
By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!
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Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
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Jane Goodall and Nature Journaling
By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!
Pre-K
Handwriting
Activity
Using Garden Mulch to Make a Bug Zoo
Using Garden Mulch to Make a Bug Zoo
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Using Garden Mulch to Make a Bug Zoo
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.
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Using Garden Mulch to Make a Bug Zoo
Using Garden Mulch to Make a Bug Zoo
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Using Garden Mulch to Make a Bug Zoo
In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Worksheet
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Pre-K
Life Science
Children hone their powers of observation using this worksheet template.
Worksheet
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Worksheet
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Children hone their powers of observation using this worksheet template.
Pre-K
Life Science
Worksheet
A Visual Model of the Doppler Effect
A Visual Model of the Doppler Effect
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A Visual Model of the Doppler Effect
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.
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A Visual Model of the Doppler Effect
A Visual Model of the Doppler Effect
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A Visual Model of the Doppler Effect
Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Snail Slime
Snail Slime
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Snail Slime
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.
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Snail Slime
Snail Slime
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Snail Slime
In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.
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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
A Five Senses Adventure
A Five Senses Adventure
Lesson Plan
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A Five Senses Adventure
Kindergarten
Phonics
This five senses inspired lesson will get your students excited about using their observation skills as they go on a classroom scavenger hunt!
Lesson Plan
A Five Senses Adventure
A Five Senses Adventure
Lesson Plan
A Five Senses Adventure
This five senses inspired lesson will get your students excited about using their observation skills as they go on a classroom scavenger hunt!
Kindergarten
Phonics
Lesson Plan
Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Design Challenge: Letters of the Alphabet
Design Challenge: Letters of the Alphabet
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Design Challenge: Letters of the Alphabet
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.
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Design Challenge: Letters of the Alphabet
Design Challenge: Letters of the Alphabet
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Design Challenge: Letters of the Alphabet
Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Make a Handprint Butterfly
Make a Handprint Butterfly
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Make a Handprint Butterfly
Kindergarten
Life Science
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.
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Make a Handprint Butterfly
Make a Handprint Butterfly
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Make a Handprint Butterfly
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.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Make a Magnet Painting
Make a Magnet Painting
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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
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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
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
Practicing the Scientific Method with Puffy Paint
Practicing the Scientific Method with Puffy Paint
Activity
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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
Design Challenge: Making a Boat
Design Challenge: Making a Boat
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
Design Challenge: Making a Boat
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Magnet Art
Magnet Art
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Magnet Art
Kindergarten
Life Science
Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.
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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
Life Science
Activity
How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
Activity
How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Activity
Exploring the Sense of Touch: Secret Feeling Boxes
Exploring the Sense of Touch: Secret Feeling Boxes
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Exploring the Sense of Touch: Secret Feeling Boxes
Kindergarten
Life Science
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.
Activity
Exploring the Sense of Touch: Secret Feeling Boxes
Exploring the Sense of Touch: Secret Feeling Boxes
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Exploring the Sense of Touch: Secret Feeling Boxes
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.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Five Senses Weather
Five Senses Weather
Lesson Plan
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Five Senses Weather
Kindergarten
Life Science
This science and writing inspired lesson combines the five senses with weather predictions! Kindergarten students will love practicing their observation skills as they imagine tomorrow’s weather.
Lesson Plan
Five Senses Weather
Five Senses Weather
Lesson Plan
Five Senses Weather
This science and writing inspired lesson combines the five senses with weather predictions! Kindergarten students will love practicing their observation skills as they imagine tomorrow’s weather.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Lesson Plan
What Happens When Oil and Water Get Together?
What Happens When Oil and Water Get Together?
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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
Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
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Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.
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Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
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Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Exploring the Sense of Smell: Sniffing Jars
Exploring the Sense of Smell: Sniffing Jars
Activity
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Exploring the Sense of Smell: Sniffing Jars
Kindergarten
Life Science
This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.
Activity
Exploring the Sense of Smell: Sniffing Jars
Exploring the Sense of Smell: Sniffing Jars
Activity
Exploring the Sense of Smell: Sniffing Jars
This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Dinosaur Tracks: How Are Fossilized Imprints Formed?
Dinosaur Tracks: How Are Fossilized Imprints Formed?
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Dinosaur Tracks: How Are Fossilized Imprints Formed?
Kindergarten
Measurement
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!
Activity
Dinosaur Tracks: How Are Fossilized Imprints Formed?
Dinosaur Tracks: How Are Fossilized Imprints Formed?
Activity
Dinosaur Tracks: How Are Fossilized Imprints Formed?
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!
Kindergarten
Measurement
Activity
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
Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
Activity
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Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.
Activity
Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
Activity
Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Sorting and Classification for Young Children
Sorting and Classification for Young Children
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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
Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
Activity
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Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.
Activity
Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
Activity
Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
Activity
Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
Activity
Halloween Potions
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Activity
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
Activity
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Activity
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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