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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.
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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?
In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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What Is the Best Way to Wash Your Hands?
What Is the Best Way to Wash Your Hands?
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What Is the Best Way to Wash Your Hands?
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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.
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What Is the Best Way to Wash Your Hands?
What Is the Best Way to Wash Your Hands?
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What Is the Best Way to Wash Your Hands?
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.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Pre-K
Physical Science
Children hone their powers of observation using this worksheet template.
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Recording Observations: What Do You See?
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Recording Observations: What Do You See?
Children hone their powers of observation using this worksheet template.
Pre-K
Physical Science
Worksheet
Outdoor Oven
Outdoor Oven
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Outdoor Oven
Pre-K
Measurement
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:
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Outdoor Oven
Outdoor Oven
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Outdoor Oven
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:
Pre-K
Measurement
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Why Do Plants Wilt?
Why Do Plants Wilt?
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Why Do Plants Wilt?
Kindergarten
Measurement
Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.
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Why Do Plants Wilt?
Why Do Plants Wilt?
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Why Do Plants Wilt?
Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.
Kindergarten
Measurement
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My Robot Friend
My Robot Friend
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My Robot Friend
Kindergarten
Writing
What is a robot? What can robots do? Computer programmers tell robots what to do by creating a sequence of commands. In this lesson, students work in pairs to program a robot to act out the story from the mini story book My Friend.
Lesson Plan
My Robot Friend
My Robot Friend
Lesson Plan
My Robot Friend
What is a robot? What can robots do? Computer programmers tell robots what to do by creating a sequence of commands. In this lesson, students work in pairs to program a robot to act out the story from the mini story book My Friend.
Kindergarten
Writing
Lesson Plan
Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise
Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise
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Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise
Kindergarten
Writing
This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.
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Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise
Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise
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Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise
This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.
Kindergarten
Writing
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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
Kindergarten
Life Science
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
Life Science
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Play the Senses Guessing Game
Play the Senses Guessing Game
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Play the Senses Guessing Game
Kindergarten
Life Science
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:
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Play the Senses Guessing Game
Play the Senses Guessing Game
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Play the Senses Guessing Game
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:
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
Discovering the Best Water for Plants
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
Kindergarten
Life Science
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?
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
Discovering the Best Water for Plants
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
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?
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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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
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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
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The Speed of Sound on a String
The Speed of Sound on a String
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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.
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The Speed of Sound on a String
The Speed of Sound on a String
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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
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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
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Taste Experiment
Taste Experiment
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Taste Experiment
Kindergarten
Life Science
Sometimes your senses can play tricks on you. Experiment with your sense of taste and your sense of smell with this simple experiment!
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Taste Experiment
Taste Experiment
Worksheet
Taste Experiment
Sometimes your senses can play tricks on you. Experiment with your sense of taste and your sense of smell with this simple experiment!
Kindergarten
Life Science
Worksheet
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
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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
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
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Sink or Float with the Cookie Monster
Sink or Float with the Cookie Monster
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Sink or Float with the Cookie Monster
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This fun and interactive lesson will teach your students the scientific method to find out if something sinks or floats with a little help from Cookie Monster.
Lesson Plan
Sink or Float with the Cookie Monster
Sink or Float with the Cookie Monster
Lesson Plan
Sink or Float with the Cookie Monster
This fun and interactive lesson will teach your students the scientific method to find out if something sinks or floats with a little help from Cookie Monster.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Lesson Plan
Dishing Out the Colors
Dishing Out the Colors
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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
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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
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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!
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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?
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
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Animal Tracks and Types of Soil
Animal Tracks and Types of Soil
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Animal Tracks and Types of Soil
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!
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Animal Tracks and Types of Soil
Animal Tracks and Types of Soil
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Animal Tracks and Types of Soil
Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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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
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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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.
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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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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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
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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
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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.
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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Make a Water Well!
Make a Water Well!
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Make a Water Well!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.
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Make a Water Well!
Make a Water Well!
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Make a Water Well!
Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.
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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
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Design Challenge: Glowing Bouncy Egg
In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
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Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.
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Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
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Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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