Science Enrichment Activities

General Science

Activities:

1. Make a Science Discovery Table
2. Kindergarten Distance Learning Science Videos and Discussions
3. 23 Kindergarten Science Activities to Try
4. Interactive demo about data recording: Kindergarten Science Curriculum

Worksheets:

• 85 Science Worksheets

Video:

• Living vs. Non-living Things

Plants

Activity:

• Pumpkin Science: To Float or Not to Float?

Worksheets:

• Life Cycle of a Plant

  Life Science: Living and Non-living Things

  Parts of a Flower

Videos:

• Pollination and Seed Dispersal
• Plant Growth Conditions
• Parts of a Plant
• How Does a Seed Become a Plant?
• The Parts of a Plant Song

Animals

Worksheets:

• The Needs of Living Things
• Living Things Need Food: Feed Me!
• Find the Baby
• Life Cycle of a Chicken
• Animals That Hibernate
• Which Animals Have Fur, Which Have Feathers?
• Animal Habitats Match-Up
• Animal Homes
• Animal Homes That are Just Right

Videos:

• Birds for Kids
• Needs of Animals: Food and Shelter
• How Do Fish Breathe?

Human Body and Five Senses

Activities:

1. Smell:
   – Your Nose Knows!
   – Popcorn Science for All Five Senses!
2. Sight:
   – Bubble Science from Science World      
   – Yeast Experiment: It’s Alive!
3. Taste:  
   – Ice Cream Science: Liquid vs Solid
4. Sound:
   – How Does Sound Travel Through a String?
   – Can You Hear Me Now?

Worksheets:

• Your Senses: Are You Aware?
• Being Alive
• Senses and Feelings
• The Taste Experiment
• Body Parts
• Eyes are Great
• I Take Care of My Body Coloring Book

Videos:

• The Five Senses
• Introduction to Sound

Seasons and Weather

Activities:

1. Pollution Experiment
2. Interactive Weather Demo: Physical Science: Weather

Worksheets:

• Make a Weather Wheel
• Make a Weather Book
• Match the Four Seasons
• Weather and Seasons
• The Four Seasons

Videos:

• Introduction to Weather
• Weather vs Climate

Earth Science

Worksheets:

• Landforms
• Earth Materials
• Comes From Nature!

Videos:

• Weather vs Climate: Crash Course #28
• Maps of Landforms

Activity:

• The Ocean

Worksheets:

• What is the Ocean?
• Ocean Animals, 1-20
• Ocean Animals
• Explore Aquatic Animals

Video:

• Oceans, Lakes and Rivers

Classification

Worksheets:

• Classifying Animals
• Insects, Birds, Reptiles, Fish and Mammals

Video:

• Classifying Objects

Environmental

Worksheets:

• Environmental Scientists at Work Coloring Book

Videos:

• Living Things Change Their Environment
• Reducing Our Impact on Earth

Human Body

Worksheets:

• My Body
• Our Human Bodies

Videos:

• How the Human Body Works
• Human Body Lessons for Kids

Matter and Energy

Activities:

1. Experiment: Boiled Egg Science
2. Ice Cream Science
3. Experiment: Leak-Proof Bag
4. Have Fun with Weird Water
5. Explore Static Electricity with Balloons

Worksheets:

• States of Matter
• Solid, Liquid, or Gas?

Videos:

• Solids, Liquids and Gases
• Move Like a State of Matter Song
• 3 States of Matter

Simple Machines

Activities:

1. Make a Catapult
2. Pulley Experiment
3. Wedges and Screws Simple Machines Lesson
4. Levers and Pulleys – Simple Machines Lesson

Worksheets:

• Simple Machines: Wheel and Axle
• Simple Machines

Videos:

• About Simple Machines
• Simple Machines: Science and Engineering for Kids

Games:

• Simple Machines Matching Game

Magnetism

Activity:

• Magnet Experiment: Are Two Twice as Strong?

Worksheets:

• What is Magnetism?

Games:

• Magnetism

Cells

Activities:

• “Cell”-ebrate Science

Worksheet:

• What is a Cell?

Solar System

General information:

• Solar System Introduction
• Solar System: The Sun and Planets

Worksheets:

• Our Solar System
• Solar System: Planets
• The Solar System

Videos:

• Earth’s Orbit & Rotation
• Sun & Other Stars
• Moon & Its Phases
• Solar & Lunar Eclipses

Games:

• National Geographic Kids Games: Play and Win!

Light and Sound

Worksheets and Projects:

• Light and Sound

Videos:

• Light Reflection & Vision
• Wave Properties

Movement and Motion

Worksheets:

• Learn About Force: Friction
• Potential and Kinetic Energy
• Types of Energy

Videos:

• Balanced & Unbalanced Forces
• Collisions
• Patterns of Motion & Friction

Games:

• Heat Energy Games & Videos

Water Cycle and Meteorology

General Information:

• The Water Cycle
• Precipitation Education: The Water Cycle
• What is the Water Cycle?

Activity:

• NASA: Learn About Water

Worksheets:

• Learn About the Water Cycle

Games:

• NASA: Water Cycle Dice Game  (bottom of page)

Videos:

• What is the Water Cycle?

Geology

General information:

• Types of Rocks

Earth’s Layer Worksheets:

• The Earth’s Layers
• Earth’s Layers Foldable Instructions (video showing how to construct the worksheet)
• Earth’s Layers

Types of Rocks and Soil Videos:

• The Three Types of Rocks
• Types of Rocks

Chemistry

Activities:

1. Thermal Conductivity of Metals: Which Metal Is the Best Conductor of Heat?
2. Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions Experiment
3. Chemistry  

Worksheets:

• General Science
• Periodic Table of Elements
• Photographic Periodic Table
• Blank Periodic Table of the Elements

Videos:

• Atoms and Molecules
• What is an Atom? What is a Molecule?

Electricity

Worksheets:

• Conductors and Insulators
• Magnets & Static Electricity

Videos:

• Magnets and Static Electricity
• Electromagnetism 101
• Electricity, Magnetism, & Electromagnetism Tutorial

Classification

General Information:

• Taxonomy

Worksheets:

• Taxonomy in Biology

Videos:

• Classification of Living Things for Kids
• Basic Biology: Classification of Living Things

Physics

Worksheets:

• All Physics Worksheets
• Science: The Natural World

Videos:

• All About Physics
• Newton’s First Law of Motion

Biology

Worksheets:

• Middle School Biology
• Middle School Science: Lifecycles to The Five Senses
• Middle School Science

Cells

Worksheets:

• Cell Structure And Function
• Plant and Animal Cells

Videos:

• Cells, Cell Parts and Functions
• Organelles of the Cell