Early Childhood Science Resources : Page 8

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.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

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

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

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

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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 art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

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