Preschool - 1st Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 4

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

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!

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

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

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

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.

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

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

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

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

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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

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