Kindergarten and 1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 3

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, 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.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

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

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

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!

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

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

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

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

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

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

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

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

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

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

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.