30 Oh-So-Cool Science Experiments for Preschoolers to Try
There are lots of just plain cool science experiments for preschoolers, but also a section of ones using baking soda. Because baking soda experiments are always, always, always a hit. Plus a lot of water experiments that preschoolers always find fun!
Essential Science Experiments for Preschoolers
Essential Science Experiments for Preschoolers
Color Changing Milk
Hands On As We Grow
DIY Lava Lamp
Hands On As We Grow
Gravity Experiment with a Tube
Hands On As We Grow
Air Pressure Experiment
Kids Activities
Alka Seltzer Rockets
Playful Learning
Magic Color Changing Flowers
Homegrown Friends
DIY Elephant Toothpaste
Come Together Kids
Dancing Ghosts & Bats
Inspiration Laboratories
Sweet Balloon Inflation
Learn, Play, Imagine
Sound Experiments
Simple Play Ideas
Walking on Raw Eggs
Housing A Forest
Cleaning Pennies with Vinegar
Frugal Fun 4 Boys
Easy Baking Soda Experiments for Preschoolers
Easy Baking Soda Experiments for Preschoolers
Fizzy Rainbow Baking Soda + Vinegar
Hands On As We Grow
Fizzy Sidewalk Chalk
Hands On As We Grow
Finding the Fizziest Fizz
Hands On As We Grow
Soapy Rainbow Eruptions
Learn, Play, Imagine
Magic Love Notes
Happily Ever Mom
Fizzy Ice
Toddler Approved
Squirt Gun Volcanoes
No Time For Flash Cards
What Reacts? Baking Soda Experiments
Inspiration Laboratories
AWESOME PRESCHOOL SCIENCE ACTIVITIES
ABSORPTION (WALKING WATER)
ALKA SELTZER CHEMICAL REACTIONS
BAKING SODA AND VINEGAR EXPERIMENTS
BALLOON RACE CARS
BALLOON ROCKETS
BURSTING BAGS
BUTTER IN A JAR
BUTTERFLY EDIBLE LIFE CYCLE
BUBBLES
BUILDING TOWERS
CANDY SCIENCE
CELERY SCIENCE WITH OSMOSIS
COLOR MIXING
CORNSTARCH SLIME
CRYSTAL GROWING
DENSITY
DINOSAUR FOSSILS
DISCOVERY BOTTLES
Science in a bottle. Explore all kinds of simple science ideas right in a bottle! Check out a few of our easy science bottles or these discovery bottles for ideas. They are perfect for themes too like these Earth Day ones!
FLOWERS
GRAVITY
GEODES (EDIBLE SCIENCE)
FIZZING LEMONADE
ICE CREAM IN A BAG
ICE MELT SCIENCE
An ice melt activity is simple science you can set up in many different ways with many different themes. Ice melting is a wonderful introduction to a simple science concept for young kids! Check out our list of ice activities for preschool.
IVORY SOAP EXPERIMENT
LAVA LAMP
LETTUCE GROWING ACTIVITY
MAGIC MILK
MAGNETS
MIRRORS AND REFLECTIONS
NAKED EGG OR RUBBER EGG EXPERIMENT
OOBLECK
PENNY BOAT
DIY PULLEY
RAMPS
We use cars and balls all the time with our rain gutters! Even flat pieces of wood or stiff cardboard work! Check out a great ramps and friction post I wrote for Pre-K pages! Newton’s laws of motion really come alive with simple toy cars and homemade ramps.
ROCK CANDY (SUGAR CRYSTALS)
SEED GERMINATION
Planting seeds and watching plants grow is the perfect spring preschool science activity. Our simple seed jar science activity is one of our most popular science activities for preschoolers. It is an excellent way to see how a seed grows!
THE 5 SENSES
SHADOW SCIENCE
SLIME
Slime is one of our favorite activities, and our simple slime recipes are perfect for learning a little bit about non-Newtonian fluids. Or just make slime for fun sensory play! Check out our fluffy slime!
Plant Experiments
from Team Cartwright. Wow your kids with simple kitchen science experiment. with eggs – Did you know that you can make an egg bounce? This experiment shows you how. from Babble Dabble Do. Grow awesome crystals quickly and easily with these instructions. from Mamma Miss. Learn all about butterflies with this lovely free printable and activity. from The Craft Train. from Kindergarten Worksheets and Games
Swirling Galaxy Science Experiment Set up and observation tank and watch as the tadpoles turn into frogs. from The Chaos and the Clutter. This hands on science experiment is lots of fun and uses items you probably already have at home.
Colorful Polymer science Experiment
Simple Surface Tensions Experiment – This is a super cool experiment to play around with. from Natural Beach Living. Learn about the way tornadoes work with this fun experiment. from Childhood101. Did you know you could make a microscope from kitchen items? This fun experiment will definitely make the kids smile. from Happy Hooligans. The Expanding Ivory Soap Experiment is a classic science activity that will fascinate everyone! from 123 Homeschool 4 Me. The kids will love helping add rubber bands to this explosive experiment. from The Craft Train. Make a solar oven from a cardboard box and recycle your old crayons!