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Science Activities For Your PreK Classroom
Three simple hands-on early-childhood science craft/experiment activities: making giant bubbles, building a windsock to explore wind, and testing which objects sink or float.
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1st Grade Science Experiments
Try simple science experiments with first graders using familiar materials and guided observation. Explore water, magnets, plants and weather, then draw or write what happened.
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Black Hole Experiment Activity
A single-page hands-on activity using a magnet and paper clips as a physical analogy to demonstrate how black holes attract objects.
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Quick + Easy Science Experiments
A packet of 4 hands-on science experiments using everyday classroom items, teaching young learners to make predictions and record observational data.
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Sink or Float Science Journal Experiment Worksheets Pre-K K
A hands-on science journal that guides young students through a sink-or-float experiment, teaching prediction (hypothesis), observation, and recording of results.
Forces & electricity
Science Research: Forces and Movement
A blank student investigation worksheet guiding a hands-on experiment testing how the surface a toy car rolls onto affects the distance it travels, to teach the concept of friction.
Forces & electricity
Static Electricity Experiments for Elementary School
Teach elementary students the basics of static electricity through a set of simple, safe hands-on experiments.
Plants & life science
Lesson Plan on Photosynthesis
A 90-minute Grade 6 biology lesson plan teaching the process of photosynthesis through explanation, a simple experiment, and a worksheet.
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Forces & electricity
Magnets Activity
Simple science investigation worksheet where students test and compare the strength of five types of magnets.
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Apple Science Experiment - Sink or Float
Make learning about apples fun with this apple science experiment. Students will practice making predictions , conducting an experiment, and recording their results with this apple sink or float experiment. What is Included: There is a detailed instructional page that provides detailed instructions for the experiment, a materials list…
Plants & life science
Hands-On - Life Science: Life Cycle Gr. 1-5
Teach the concept of life cycles (specifically caterpillar-to-butterfly metamorphosis) as one chapter/topic within a broader life-science workbook.
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Plants & life science
Science Action Labs Health Science: Hands-On Science Activities Ready for Student Use
Teach elementary-level health science concepts (senses, sound and hearing, smell/taste/touch, the brain, heart/circulation, breathing, digestion, calories, bones, muscles, health superstitions, health-related careers, and tobacco awareness) through hands-on experiments.
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Home Scientist Activity, Science in the Kitchen, Bubble Science printable for kids, learn about density, Girl Scout Leader Printable
Provide a hands-on home/troop science activity booklet (aimed partly at Girl Scout leaders) teaching kitchen-based science concepts such as density through experiments.
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Apple Science Experiment - Observing Apples
Guide students through a hands-on apple observation science experiment where they predict and record what happens to apple slices stored under different conditions.
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Science Action Labs Water Science
A 14-chapter set of hands-on labs and worksheets introducing young students to the properties, uses, and importance of water (states of water, dissolving, evaporation, pressure, surface tension, the water cycle, conservation).
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Science Units Bundle | Readers, Journals & Activities
This download is a MEGA bundle of 5 different science units! These units are full of journals for students to show what they know, emergent readers to explore life cycles and even more activities!
Plants & life science
Science: Plant Research
A hands-on plant-growing investigation booklet that teaches what plants need to grow and has students track and record a real seed's growth over several weeks.
Plants & life science
The Plant Life Cycle Unit
Guide young students through a hands-on plant-growing science unit combining observation journaling, prediction, and life-cycle labeling.
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Melting Ice Experiment | Water Unit Journal
Record what happens to ice left on a table using a simple observation journal. Children draw the ice before and after the observation period and complete an I observed response. Discuss what they notice rather than supplying the conclusion first. The page provides a way to compare two observations during a water or changing-materials lesson.
Forces & electricity
Force and Motion Activity Packet
A multi-topic activity packet teaching force and motion concepts (force, motion, friction, and related math) for elementary science.
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What Do Sugar Drinks Do To Our Teeth Experiment
Run a simple hands-on experiment showing the effect of sugary/acidic drinks on tooth-like material (eggshell) to teach about dental health.
Weather & Earth
Weather Curriculum Pack
A preschool teacher's curriculum guide of weather-themed ideas and activities to heighten children's awareness of weather and how it affects people, places and things.
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Water Cycle Experiment Worksheet
This Water Cycle Experiment Worksheet is a great resource for students to use to conduct their own experiment on the water cycle. By doing this experiment, students will have a better understanding of how the water cycle works. This worksheet is a great tool for teachers to use in their classrooms.
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Abracadabra Preschool Activity Pack
Provide preschool/kindergarten teachers a curated list of magic-themed activity ideas spanning arts & crafts, science, games, songs, cooking, and field trips for a 'magic' unit.
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Science Projects for Preschoolers: Volume 1
A set of three hands-on preschool science activities introducing the five senses, primary/secondary color mixing, and basic physics concepts (gravity, friction, inclined planes) through play-based experiments.