120 hands-on experiments, engineering builds, and Olympiad-inspired challenges for Grades 1 to 12.
10 projects for Grade 2
Send 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.