Early Childhood Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 2

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

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

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

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.

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

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

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

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

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!

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

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

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 sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

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.

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

This flexible activity for preschoolers features jellybeans, counting, coloring, and the five senses.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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

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.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

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

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

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

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.