Early Childhood Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 3

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

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

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

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.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

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

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

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

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

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

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.

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

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

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

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

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

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

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

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

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

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!

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.