Kindergarten and 1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 5

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

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

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

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

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

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

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

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

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.

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

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

Are your taste buds up for the challenge? Put tongues to the test with this science fair project that examines who enjoys sour flavors more, adults or kids?

This science fair project idea demonstrates how air resistance contributes to denser objects falling faster than less dense objects.

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

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

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

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

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

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

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

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

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.