Preschool - 3rd Grade Engineering and Science Inquiry Activities : Page 11

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

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

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

Gather some friends for a bubbly soda taste test do determine calories' role in your favorite drinks.

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 fun science experiment, kids will determine the best method for ripening avocados and discover the cool chemical reaction that makes this possible.

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

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

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

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Enter the buzz worthy world of bee watching and find out what time bees like to wake up!

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

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.

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Can a horse lead itself to the carrot? Train your horse with carrots and boxes and test horse memory in this fun zoology science fair project.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

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

This science project explores the concept of being opaque or clear. Can you make something clear opaque? Or something opaque clear?

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

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.