Kindergarten Engineering and Science Inquiry Resources : Page 2

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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

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

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

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

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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

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!

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

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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!

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

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

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

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

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.