Kindergarten Life Science Projects

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.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

Kindergarteners will love this geology science project where they'll learn how fossils are made by creating fossil imprints in homemade clay.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

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.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

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.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.