Science Snacks for K–5 Kids

Start your science learning early with these activities for elementary-age students.

Trace your shadow, then make it change.

See how differently shaped ears affect your hearing.

Stare at one color—but see another.

Create and examine an ice balloon.

Suspend a ball in a stream of air.

If you blow harder, will it go farther?

Wield electrons and protons to roll cans.

Create a sound system for music only you can hear.

Conduct a hard-hitting investigation into Newton's first law.

Create giant bubbles!

Start your own electric flea circus.

Wrap a string around your head and pluck to play music.