120 hands-on experiments, engineering builds, and Olympiad-inspired challenges for Grades 1 to 12.
120 projects
Guess whether everyday objects will sink or float, then test them in water and look for a pattern.
20 to 30 min · 4 materialsView projectFold a flat sheet of paper into a bridge and test how many pennies it can hold.
30 to 45 min · 6 materialsView projectBuild a small car pushed by escaping air, then test and redesign it to go farther.
45 to 60 min · 8 materialsView projectRoll a toy car down ramps of different heights, graph the data, and find the slope of the line.
60 to 90 min · 7 materialsView projectLaunch a marble off a table from different ramp heights and test a physics model of how far it lands.
1.5 to 2 hr · 7 materialsView projectBuild a simple bird feeder and tally which birds come to visit.
30 to 45 min · 6 materialsView projectStack cups or blocks into a tower, measure how tall it gets, and find a design that stands the highest.
25 to 40 min · 3 materialsView projectMeasure the same things with paper clips, blocks and a ruler and discover why we need standard units.
25 to 40 min · 5 materialsView projectCollect fallen leaves, sort them by shape and edges, and make a graph of what you found.
30 to 50 min · 6 materialsView projectBuild trains of colored blocks that follow a pattern and figure out what comes next.
20 to 35 min · 2 materialsView projectWatch colored water climb up paper towels from cup to cup and mix to make brand new colors.
20 to 30 min · 6 materialsView projectUse a flashlight to find out how a shadow changes when an object moves closer or farther away.
20 to 30 min · 5 materialsView projectMake a simple rain gauge from a bottle and record how much rain falls each day for a week.
30 to 45 min · 7 materialsView projectStir different kitchen powders into water and sort them into the ones that disappear and the ones that do not.
20 to 30 min · 5 materialsView projectSend a balloon zooming along a string and discover how air pushes it forward.
25 to 40 min · 7 materialsView projectSprout beans in a bag on a sunny window and record what the seeds need to grow.
15 to 20 min · 6 materialsView projectRun a pretend shop and find the fewest coins to make each price and give back change.
30 to 45 min · 5 materialsView projectAdd salt or sugar to ice cubes and find out what melts ice the fastest.
25 to 40 min · 7 materialsView projectGo on a hunt around your home to find out which things a magnet picks up and which it ignores.
25 to 40 min · 4 materialsView projectMagnetize a needle, float it on water, and see it point north.
30 to 45 min · 6 materialsView projectCompare brands of paper towel to find out which one soaks up the most water.
25 to 35 min · 5 materialsView projectUse a rubber band to compare how hard it is to lift a toy straight up and to pull it up ramps.
30 to 45 min · 6 materialsView projectHunt for circles, squares, triangles and rectangles around your home and show what you found on a bar graph.
30 to 45 min · 5 materialsView projectMake a simple sundial and mark the Sun's moving shadow through the day.
30 to 45 min · 6 materialsView projectEduVistaHQ.com · Learn • Explore • Grow. Olympiad-inspired activities are practice for the skills those competitions use. EduVistaHQ is not affiliated with Science Olympiad or any other competition organization.