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Leaf Rubbings: Shapes and Patterns
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
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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Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
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Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.
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Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
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Shape Walks: Seeing Shapes in Our World
In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Make a Geoboard!
Make a Geoboard!
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Make a Geoboard!
Kindergarten
Geometry
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.
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Make a Geoboard!
Make a Geoboard!
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Make a Geoboard!
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.
Kindergarten
Geometry
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Plants Need Sunlight and Water
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Plants Need Sunlight and Water
Kindergarten
Life Science
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
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
Life Science
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Exploring Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, and Bitter
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
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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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.
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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
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Whole and Parts: Taking Things Apart
This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Take a Closer Look
Take a Closer Look
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Take a Closer Look
Pre-K
Life Science
Learn to pay close attention to detail with this close-up observation worksheet!
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Take a Closer Look
Take a Closer Look
Worksheet
Take a Closer Look
Learn to pay close attention to detail with this close-up observation worksheet!
Pre-K
Life Science
Worksheet
Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
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Pasta Coquina: Make Your Own Sedimentary Rock
In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
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Eureka! Volume and the Displacement of Water
Kindergarten
Physical Science
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
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
Physical Science
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Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
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Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.
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Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
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Color Walks: Seeing Colors in Our World
In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Make a Handprint Butterfly
Make a Handprint Butterfly
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Make a Handprint Butterfly
Kindergarten
Life Science
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.
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Make a Handprint Butterfly
Make a Handprint Butterfly
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Make a Handprint Butterfly
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.
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Optical Illusions
Optical Illusions
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Optical Illusions
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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.
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Optical Illusions
Optical Illusions
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Optical Illusions
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.
Kindergarten
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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Make a Sensory Cloud
Make a Sensory Cloud
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Make a Sensory Cloud
Kindergarten
Life Science
Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!
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Make a Sensory Cloud
Make a Sensory Cloud
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Make a Sensory Cloud
Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Sun Print: How Solar Energy Creates Chemical Changes
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
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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Cloud Observation
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
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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Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
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Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.
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Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
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Make Homemade Zip-closure Bag Lemonade!
Make homemade lemonade in a baggie with your preschooler with this fun and easy recipe.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
Kindergarten
Physical Science
This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
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How Sound Travels Through Air and Solids
This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Activity
Homemade Periscope
Homemade Periscope
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Homemade Periscope
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.
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Homemade Periscope
Homemade Periscope
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Homemade Periscope
Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.
Pre-K
Engineering and Science Inquiry
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The Speed of Sound on a String
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
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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My Robot Friend
My Robot Friend
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My Robot Friend
Kindergarten
Writing
What is a robot? What can robots do? Computer programmers tell robots what to do by creating a sequence of commands. In this lesson, students work in pairs to program a robot to act out the story from the mini story book My Friend.
Lesson Plan
My Robot Friend
My Robot Friend
Lesson Plan
My Robot Friend
What is a robot? What can robots do? Computer programmers tell robots what to do by creating a sequence of commands. In this lesson, students work in pairs to program a robot to act out the story from the mini story book My Friend.
Kindergarten
Writing
Lesson Plan
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