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Science Snacks for K–5 Kids

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

Launch parachutes to see how they fall.

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.