Early Childhood Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 2

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

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

Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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!

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.

Your preschooler can learn how to siphon water with just two bottles and a plastic tube in this fun, educational science activity.

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.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

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

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.