1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 3

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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

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

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

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

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

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

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

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

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

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

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

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

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?