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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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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
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Corn Maze STEM Challenge
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Corn Maze STEM Challenge
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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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
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
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
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
Discovering the Best Water for Plants
Discovering the Best Water for Plants
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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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.
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Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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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: 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
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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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.
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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
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Density Experiment
Density Experiment
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Density Experiment
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.
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Density Experiment
Density Experiment
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Density Experiment
This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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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
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
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Balloon Greenhouse
Balloon Greenhouse
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Balloon Greenhouse
Kindergarten
Life Science
Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.
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Balloon Greenhouse
Balloon Greenhouse
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Balloon Greenhouse
Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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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.
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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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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Bubble Science
Bubble Science
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Bubble Science
Pre-K
Life 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!
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Bubble Science
Bubble Science
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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
Life Science
Activity
Popcorn Science for All Five Senses!
Popcorn Science for All Five Senses!
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Popcorn Science for All Five Senses!
Kindergarten
Life Science
Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!
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Popcorn Science for All Five Senses!
Popcorn Science for All Five Senses!
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Popcorn Science for All Five Senses!
Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!
Kindergarten
Life Science
Activity
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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Make a Sensory Cloud
Make a Sensory Cloud
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Make a Sensory Cloud
Kindergarten
Life Science
Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!
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Make a Sensory Cloud
Make a Sensory Cloud
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Make a Sensory Cloud
Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!
Kindergarten
Life 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
Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Activity
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?
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
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
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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
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
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
Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters
Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters
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Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters
Kindergarten
Life Science
Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.
Activity
Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters
Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters
Activity
Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters
Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.
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?
Activity
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
Exploring the Sense of Touch: Secret Feeling Boxes
Exploring the Sense of Touch: Secret Feeling Boxes
Activity
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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
Activity
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
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?
Activity
Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.
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!
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
Life Science
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About Kindergarten Engineering And Science Inquiry Resources

On Education.com, parents and teachers can explore a wide range of kindergarten engineering and science inquiry resources including printable experiments, lesson plans, and activity guides that introduce young children to foundational engineering and scientific principles. These resources provide structured, engaging activities that help build critical thinking and problem-solving skills early in education.

Education.com offers kindergarten worksheets, hands-on experiments, and interactive lesson plans that focus on engineering concepts such as simple machines, structures, and basic tools. The materials also cover science topics like nature exploration, weather patterns, and plant growth, making learning both fun and educational. Students can experiment with materials, observe natural phenomena, and learn through guided exploration.

This collection supports educators and parents by offering ready-to-use experiments, worksheets, and activities that make teaching engineering and science engaging and accessible. These resources save time while providing structured experiences to foster curiosity and encourage hands-on learning in young students.