Going on nature scavenger hunts and making nature collages
Painting with natural materials like leaves, flowers, etc.
Exploring different textures found in nature
Planting seeds and observing their growth
Physics Concepts
Experimenting with gravity using ramps, tubes, and toy cars
Making and playing with balancing toys to learn about center of gravity
Creating balloon rockets to see Newton’s laws of motion
Weather and Water
Making simple wind chimes and observing wind
Painting puffy clouds and hunting for rainbows
Walking water experiment with food coloring
Rain cloud in a jar with shaving cream and food coloring
Chemistry
Baking soda and vinegar reactions, adding colors
Making oobleck (cornstarch and water mixture)
Mixing colors with milk and soap to see color theory
Making homemade lava lamps
Biology
Observing celery stalks absorb colored water
Watching flowers change color by adding food coloring
Making edible “butterflies” to learn life cycles
Using a DIY stethoscope to listen to heartbeat




