Simple Experiments

A Foaming Experience

Get your students excited about science! In this lesson, you will read a book to your students about performing an experiment and being a scientist. Then, your students will perform their own experiments.

Preschool

Science

Lesson plan

M is for Moon

Worksheet

M is for Moon

Celebrate Moon Festival by tracking the shape of the moon over several days.

Kindergarten

Science

Worksheet

Curious Science with Curious George

Lesson plan

Curious Science with Curious George

The science of matter becomes as fun as it is educational when George gets in the mix! After watching Curious George work with his 'floppafication' pot, students will learn about matter and force.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Floating and Sinking

Worksheet

Floating and Sinking

Introduce the basic concepts of sinking and floating with this fun worksheet. Your little one will decide which objects sink, and which ones float!

Kindergarten

Science

Worksheet

An Ice Experiment with The Cat in the Hat

Worksheet

An Ice Experiment with The Cat in the Hat

Not all water is liquid. Use this activity from PBS KIDS' The Cat in the Hat Knows All About That! to develop observation and writing skills.

Kindergarten

Science

Worksheet

Grow a Bean Plant

Worksheet

Grow a Bean Plant

With this science experiment, kids can get hands-on planting beans and watching them grow. All you need are beans and some household items to grow a bean plant!

Preschool

Science

Worksheet

Sink or Float? #2

Worksheet

Sink or Float? #2

If a ship went down, would these items sink or float? Your little one will decide, with this fun worksheet to help him hone sorting and categorizing skills.

Kindergarten

Science

Worksheet

Eye Color Chart

Worksheet

Eye Color Chart

Help your preschooler conduct a fun experiment involving lots of interaction and learning about something that helps make people unique: eye color.

Kindergarten

Science

Worksheet

Sink or Float? #3

Worksheet

Sink or Float? #3

Learn a basic concepts physical science with this fun worksheet. Your little one will decide which objects sink, and which ones float!

Kindergarten

Science

Worksheet

Week 12: Mad Scientist

Worksheet

Week 12: Mad Scientist

Loads of fun and packed with learning for science lovers and non-science lovers alike, this week's ideas will show your child the amazing side of science.

Kindergarten

Science

Worksheet

Make a Rocket

Worksheet

Make a Rocket

Help your kid's curiosity blast off by introducing him to some basic chemistry with this simple rocket demonstration.

Preschool

Science

Worksheet

Week 14: Make a Mess!

Worksheet

Week 14: Make a Mess!

Your kids will have a blast making a mess while they build important science and reading skills. So roll up your sleeves and dig in to this week's ideas!

Kindergarten

Science

Worksheet

Mini Ice Sculptures!

Activity

Mini Ice Sculptures!

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

Preschool

Science

Activity

Make a Parachute Toy

Activity

Make a Parachute Toy

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Kindergarten

Science

Activity

Homemade Paper

Activity

Homemade Paper

This science project lets kids explore what happens when water and paper interact, and it produces homemade paper perfect for gift tags or stationery.

Kindergarten

Science

Activity

Ice Cream Science

Activity

Ice Cream Science

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment, than by turning a kid favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Kindergarten

Science

Activity

Make Quick and Easy Bath Salts

Activity

Make Quick and Easy Bath Salts

Use the activity below to help your child create bath salts as she observes how a solid changes when placed into a liquid.

Preschool

Science

Activity

Make a Decorative Paperweight!

Activity

Make a Decorative Paperweight!

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

Preschool

Science

Activity

Pumpkin Science: To Float or Not to Float?

Activity

Pumpkin Science: To Float or Not to Float?

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

Kindergarten

Science

Activity

Does Soil Contain Water?

Activity

Does Soil Contain Water?

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Kindergarten

Science

Activity

Make a Water Well!

Activity

Make a Water Well!

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Preschool

Science

Activity

Yeast Experiment: It's Alive!

Activity

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

Science

Activity

Shake it Up! Listening to Science

Activity

Shake it Up! Listening to Science

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where he'll use his ears instead of his eyes to identify sounds!

Kindergarten

Science

Activity