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!

Source:

https://handsonaswegrow.com/science-experiments-preschoolers/
https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/30-preschool-science-experiments-for-the-young-scientist/
https://www.123homeschool4me.com/50-easy-science-activities-for-preschoolers/