Kindergarten and 1st grade Science

Project Ideas

Easy and Fun

In our school, Science Fair participation was only for students of 3rd, 4th, and

5th grade. But from this year we will be also conducting science fair for KG, 1st

and 2nd Grades.

Some parents and teachers have expressed their concern that the projects for

K-2 levels are mostly done by adults and kids participation is minimal as kids in

this age group do not completely understand the concepts.

However I think science experiments should be done at all ages and could be

made such that the kids participation and interest can be developed at earlier

stage.

The idea is to have Guided Science project for the younger kids.

Introduction

I have prepared a list of sample projects that are just right for the

kindergarteners as well as 1st grade.

The projects I have selected are doable by the KG and 1st graders and most are

based on their curriculum.Most of the project material can be found in your

homes.There are innumerable ideas that could be compiled as needed and can be

found through the online resources.

With collective efforts and with parent volunteers we can come up with lots

similar projects ideas to make this a very successful event.

This will also be helpful in getting us parents involved in school activities.

Introduction

As seen in the picture, draw

the five senses. Get items

that resemble the senses. Ask

kids to identify the senses

and briefly explain them to

the audience.

Five Senses

Get a big bowl with some

water in it.Show and Put few

items that can float or sink.

Eg:clip,nail,bottle

cap,plastic ball,rubber

band,coin etc...

Sink or Float

Take three glasses.Put two

different color water in two

glasses keeping the middle glass

empty.Put Two paper towels in

each colored water glass,putting

the other end in the empty

glass.Slowly you will see the

water

Walking Water

Make two big poster paper

cutouts of a tooth and glue

pictures of good and bad

foods for your teeth.

Tooth Food

Take two bottles.Add blue in

one and yellow in second.Hold

them in front of each other

to see two primary colors

make a secondary color.

Blue plus Yellow

Fill up a bottle with water

and hold it above ground. The

bottle represents a cloud.

pierce the bottle and you

will see that all the water

will pour out. This shows how

water falls out of clouds

because of gravitational

force.

Raining Water

Just fill several glasses

with water and tap them with

a spoon, and you’ll have a

genuinely beautiful-sounding

musical instrument

Glass Harmonica

clear glass container jingle bells carbonated soda ( Sprite) at room temperature

Just add Jingle bells in a clear jar filled with Carbonated Soda and see the magic.

Rainbow Jar

Get the Planets coloring

pages for the kids to

identify and let them color

the planets according to the

color of the planets (follow

picture ).Tell the names and

color of each planet and any

characteristics.

Planets

A clean and empty tin can

Crushed ice

Water

Salt

Instructions:

Fill the tin can about half full with ice and add some salt and

water.

Wait and watch the frost form.

Attach snowman face and arms to create Frosty the SnowCan!!!

Frosty the SnowCan

Blow two balloons.Rub it

against wool sweater and then

hold the balloon near the

objects shown in the

picture.Observe which objects

stick to the balloon and

which did not.

Static Electricity

To diffentiate between tastes

like

Sweet,Sour,Bitter,Salty,spicy

and different textures

like’Soft,Hard,Crunchy.

Taste Checker

Add pebbles in the glass of

water to see if the water

level rises.

Pebbled Water

Recognise different type of

grains.

Different Types Of Grains

Sort Buttons with

Colors,size,Numbers(physical

properties)

to determine common and

uncommon things.

Size Matters

Smell and guess the fruit or

vegetable.Put each of them in

a small jar and tell the

names.

Smell N Guess

Bring seeds of fruits and

vegetables like

Orange,Apples,Grapes,Strawber

ry,Lemon,Avacado,Pumpkin,Cant

aloupe,watermelon etc and try

to recognise them.

Seeds anyone!

Mix Primary colors to show

how secondary colors are

formed.

Color Mixing

Add

beans,pebbles,sticks,pins,

small legos in the opaque

containers to hear and guess

the sound of these objects.

Shake and hear

Soak different kinds of beans

in water overnight and let it

sprout for another day...take

pictures or bring the

sprouted beans on the project

day and show it off...

Beans Sprouts

Blow ballons with differnt

air quantity to show that air

exists.

Air Exists

Show different kinds of

weather

Weather

Use a wide plastic disposable

bowl on top of a large see

through jar. Make holes in

the bowl.Slowly pour water in

the bowl.See rain effect

falling down in the

container.

Homemade Rain

Show different body parts.

Challenge:Show other body

parts such as

Chin,Nostrils,Earlobe,Elbow,

Pupils,Scalp,nails,etc...

Body Parts

Get a bird Chart.See,read,

explain and learn the

names,sounds they

make,color,size and

characteristics.

Birds

Get a Domestic animal

chart.See,read, explain and

learn the names,sounds they

make,color,size and

characteristics.

Domestic Animals

Get a Flower chart and point

all the names.See,read,

explain and learn the

names,color,size,shapes and

characteristics.

Flowers

Get a wild animals chart or

cutting from the magazine and

point all the names.See,read,

explain and learn the

names,sounds they

make,color,size and

characteristics.

Wild Animals

Collect different types of Sea Shells and identify their color,shape and other visual properties.

Sea Shells

Get different types of

Nuts,identify them and point

them with names.

Nuts

Cut out monster shaped

figures and write different

kinds of addition expression.

Let the kids put googly eyes

and do this fun math.

Monster Eye Addition

Make few playdough balls and

stick foam numbers on it.

Let the kids see the number and

stick the beads/buttons/sticks

on it.

Enjoy the fun

Playdough Math Fun

In a shoe box arrange the toy

Ocean Creatures to show Ocean

Habitat.

Ocean Habitat

Cut off the top inch of a carrot.

2. Place the top in a shallow dish, and add enough water so the

carrot tops are halfway covered.

3. Set the dish in a sunny windowsill. In a few days you should

see little green sprouts appearing.

4. Check every day, water, and document the growth with few

pictures.

5.Get the carrots and the pictures to the Science fair.

Carrot Sprouts

Get a wild animals

chart and point all

the names.

Dinosaur Project Get your different kinds of Dinosaur toys or card board chart

to identify and name all Dinosaurs.

Challenge:

Get the Spellings and dates right for any one of your

favourite Dinosaur.

Put Organic Sweet Potato in a

jar of water to see them

sprout.Document the

observation with pictures and

get the jar and pictures to

show off at the fair.

Get a USA map puzzle (Wooden

or Foam) and identify as many

states as you can.

USA MAP

Get a world map chart and

point all the names.

Count the countries according

to the colors.

Countries surrounding USA

Get couple of magnets and a

compass.

Also get few iron nails,paper

clips,safety pins plastic

clips,wooden pieces .See

which pieces stick to magnet

Also determine the North

direction with the help of

compass.

Play with Magnets

Get some ice cubes….

Let it turn into water…

Get a hot water in thermos…

Show all these matter

Solid-Liquid-Gas

Get different kinds of circle

things in our daily life.Tell

its uses.

Circle

Get different kinds of

rectanglular things in our

daily life.Tell its uses.

Rectangle

Get different kinds of oval

things in our daily life.Tell

its uses.

Oval

Get different kinds of

triangular things in our

daily life.Tell its uses.

Triangle

Get a Clock to and try to ask

/tell audience the time by

manually moving hands.

Clock