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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
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Design Challenge: Gumdrop Towers
In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
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Design Challenge: Making a Boat
In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Balloon Greenhouse
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Balloon Greenhouse
Kindergarten
Life Science
Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.
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Balloon Greenhouse
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Balloon Greenhouse
Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
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Design Challenge: Building a Bridge
In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
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Discovering the Best Water for Plants
Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Explore the Senses with a Sensory Table!
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Explore the Senses with a Sensory Table!
Pre-K
Handwriting
In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!
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Explore the Senses with a Sensory Table!
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Explore the Senses with a Sensory Table!
In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!
Pre-K
Handwriting
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
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Air Pressure Science Experiment: Balloon and a Jar
In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Density Experiment
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Density Experiment
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.
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Density Experiment
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Density Experiment
This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
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Design Challenge: Making a Catapult
In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Investigate Magnetic Attraction
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Investigate Magnetic Attraction
Kindergarten
Life Science
Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.
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Investigate Magnetic Attraction
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Investigate Magnetic Attraction
Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Make Your Own Edible Play Dough
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Make Your Own Edible Play Dough
Pre-K
Life Science
Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.
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Make Your Own Edible Play Dough
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Make Your Own Edible Play Dough
Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.
Pre-K
Life Science
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Pumpkin Math
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Pumpkin Math
Pre-K
Handwriting
Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.
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Pumpkin Math
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Pumpkin Math
Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.
Pre-K
Handwriting
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Milk Temperature
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Milk Temperature
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.
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Milk Temperature
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Milk Temperature
Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Cloud Observation
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Cloud Observation
Kindergarten
Writing
Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.
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Cloud Observation
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Cloud Observation
Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.
Kindergarten
Writing
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Chromatography for Kids
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Chromatography for Kids
Kindergarten
Life Science
Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!
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Chromatography for Kids
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Chromatography for Kids
Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Make Scented Pumpkins
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Make Scented Pumpkins
Pre-K
Handwriting
Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.
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Make Scented Pumpkins
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Make Scented Pumpkins
Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.
Pre-K
Handwriting
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
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Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Why Do Plants Wilt?
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Why Do Plants Wilt?
Kindergarten
Measurement
Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.
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Why Do Plants Wilt?
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Why Do Plants Wilt?
Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.
Kindergarten
Measurement
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Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
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Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
Kindergarten
Life Science
In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
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Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
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Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.
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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
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Design Challenge: Creating a Cup Tower
In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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The Speed of Sound on a String
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The Speed of Sound on a String
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.
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The Speed of Sound on a String
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The Speed of Sound on a String
This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Make a Magnet Painting
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Make a Magnet Painting
Kindergarten
Life Science
Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.
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Make a Magnet Painting
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Make a Magnet Painting
Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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How Well Does Sound Travel Through a Gas? A Liquid? A Solid?
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How Well Does Sound Travel Through a Gas? A Liquid? A Solid?
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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.
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How Well Does Sound Travel Through a Gas? A Liquid? A Solid?
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How Well Does Sound Travel Through a Gas? A Liquid? A Solid?
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.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
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Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.
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Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
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Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
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Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.
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Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
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Transforming Tree: Tracking Change through the Seasons
In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
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Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.
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Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
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Why Do Greens Turn Brown?
This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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