Science Project for Kindergarten - Fremont,CA

Kids are so smart these days, and I could be out of touch with science at that age, however, when my son was in grade school, he needed a science project, and what he did was a big hit.

Get a single white carnation, cut the stem, split in half (lengthwise) about 2/3 of way up. Get two glasses or cylinders that can sit next to each other. Put food coloring in the water, each a different color and place each half of the stem into the water and in a few hours, watch the colors come into the carnation. 1/2 pink and 1/2 green, the kids loved it. He won a prize in his class.

there is no child who does not love the baking soda/vinegar volcano!
the best science resource i ever found, bar none, all the way through homeschooling, was bill nye the science guy videos. your library has the full set!
khairete
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The science fair winner in K for our elementary school was based on Angry Birds.

The child did all the handwriting on the project board, notebook, etc...

It was really cute and obvious that she did have some assistance from parents but the actual work was that of a child.

TOO many of the projects are done by mom and dad. It was nice to see the one obviously done by the student.

Underwater fireworks is always cute. Celery with food coloring. Clean a penny with vinegar. So many easy projects.

There is a book I got which I HIGHLY recommend. My son is only 2.5 so he is not at the age to do the experiments. They would be perfect for your son. The experiments are unique and not soo long. Because, lets face it kids get bored after long periods of time. Anyway, it's called "Nature In A Nutshell for Kids." You can do the things inside, as well. There are projects like making your own constellations, forming clouds in a bottle, tornadoes in jars, how does a fish float, making waves, etc. All things you can do with supplies at home. Oh, there is also a book by the same person "Science in Seconds For Kids." I do not have that book, but I'm sure it's just as great!!

http://www.amazon.com/Nature-Nutshell-Kids-Activities-Min...

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Seconds-Kids-Experiments-Mi...

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson177.s...
http://web.archive.org/web/20071017112031/http://www.geoc...
http://www.reekoscience.com/Experiments/

Just to many to list anything in particular so I will send the links :)

Is this the exploratory type of science project or the "form a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, etc" formal type of project? At that age, they generally do an exploratory type, and that should be based on the child's interests.

At that age, my daughter was very into fossils. She'd pick up brachiopod fossils all over the place. We went to a science museum where she learned our area was once under a shallow sea. She learned how geological/archeological digs are done, and how wetting the rocks make the fossils more visible. She taught ME these things because she was so interested in this.

So, for her science project, she made a little "dig" for the other students to try, and all I had to do was provide her with the materials she wanted - string, paintbrush (for "painting on water."), sand, etc.

It was written by her - misspellings, backward letters and all (back before everyone did everything on computer).

I hate the type of science projects some other schools want the young children to do, which is experimental rather than exploratory.

An easy experimental type one of my kids did was after wondering if there was something about the bread bag kept the bread fresher longer, or if a cereal bag would work better. So she then tried out several different types of bags and found in which the bread turned moldy last.

In either case - it should be something your own child wonders about, and wants to explore.