Fun And Simple Science Experiments for Kindergarteners at Home (2023)

Looking for fun science experiments for kindergarteners at home?

I’ve been there. And I know how frustrating it is to look for experiments that you want to do right now that don’t need lot of preparation (or a trip to the store).

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Easy, Fun & Age-appropriate Science Experiments for Kindergarteners at Home

Here are some of the coolest at home science experiments for kindergarten age kids using only materials you already have in the kitchen.

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1. Upside Down Water Experiment

What kids do:Tip a drinking glass full of water upside down

What they learn:Kindergarteners learn about air pressure, surface tension and adhesion.

Text instructions: https://www.gallykids.com/upside-down-water-experiment

This is so fun! In this experiment, we put a glass full of water upside down and the water stays in! Defying gravity? No. this is air pressure and surface tension in action

You will need:

• drinking glass
• water
• thick card
• a big bowl (optional)

2. Cleaning Oxidized Coins Experiment for Kindergarten

What kids do:Clean oxidized coins using different kitchen household items

What they learn:What happens when an acid reacts with copper oxide + why the Statue of Liberty is green

This experiment compares 6 different household items to see which cleans a copper coin the best.

1. water
2. vinegar
3. catsup
4. apple juice
5. coke
6. vinegar + salt solution

You’ll need copper coins, too. Check out our video below for instructions.

3. Fun Water Cycle Experiment for Kindergarten Kids at Home

What kids do:Build a mini earth

What they learn: How water cycle works

Text Instructions:https://www.gallykids.com/water-cycle-experiment

This mini water cycle experiment shows kids what happens to the water around us, how clouds form and why it rains.

You’ll need:

• big bowl
• small bowl
• blue food colouring
• playdough
• water
• pebbles, rocks or sand

4. The Walking Water Experiment: A Science activity on Capillary Action

What kids do: Make water “walk” from one glass to another

What they learn:How capillary action works. It’s also a good lesson on absorption and color mixing

Text instructions: https://www.gallykids.com/capillary-action-experiment

You will need:

• 7 glasses
• food coloring
• paper towel
• water

5. Air Pressure Experiment

What kids do:Carry a Glass Jar with a Balloon

What they learn: Air exerts pressure

This is a very easy and quick experiment that starts with a challenge.

Start by asking your child to carry the jar only with a balloon. This practices critical and/or parallel thinking. It’s also fascinating to see the different ways their minds work.

After they try different ways to do it, you swoop in 🙂 and show them how it’s done.

First, put the balloon inside the jar.

Then blow on the balloon.

As you blow on it, the air inside the balloon will blow in all directions occupying all that space inside the jar. As you do this the balloon gets stuck so tight that you can pick the balloon up.

6. Surface Tension: The Scattered Black Pepper Experiment

What kids do:Make pepper scatter with a single drop of dishwashing liquid. Make it even more fun using glitter.

What they learn:This experiment shows kids one of the amazing properties of water which is water tension.

Text instructions:https://www.gallykids.com/pepper-and-water-trick

Look at the pepper run for their lives at the touch of a detergent.

You’ll need:

• ground black pepper
• plate
• water
• dishwashing liquid
• glitter (optional)
• string (optional)

7. Leakproof Bag Experiment

What kids do:Poke a plastic bag full of water without the water leaking out

What they learn:the Properties of polymers

It needs very few materials and is a truckload of fun. You will need

• resealable bag like sandwich or plastic bags : note: paper bag doesn’t work
• pencils
• Water

Instructions:

1. Fill the sandwich bag with water.
2. Slowly poke the bag with the pencils.
3. Watch what happens. No leakage! such a magical experience for many kids.

How cool.

This may look like a very easy science experiment but kids will have so much fun doing it. They’d want to keep doing it again and again so make sure you have a lot of pencils.

Also, be aware that taking out the pencils and seeing the water seep out is just as fun.

I have to admit that I didn’t know about this before until we tried it, so it was pretty cool when we first poke that bag and it didn’t leak.

This experiment explains the properties of polymers pretty well.

8. On Density: The Floating Egg

What kids do:Make water denser using salt and make an egg float in it

What they learn:Answer questions like why do you float in the Dead sea? Why are you lighter when swimming in the sea than in the lake? It’s a great science lesson on the density of saltwater.

Text instructions:https://www.gallykids.com/density-experiment-with-water

You will need:

• salt
• 2 drinking glasses
• water
• egg

9. Static Electricity Experiment: Bending Water

What kids do:Bend water using a balloon

What they learn:See static electricity at work. How opposite charges attract each other

Text instructions:https://www.gallykids.com/bending-water-experiment

In this static electricity experiment, we use balloons and other household items to find out which can bend the water the most (and what’s that got to do with positive and negative charges)

You will need:

• balloon
• a good set of hair 🙂
• tap (faucet)
• optional (other things around the house that you think behaves like a balloon

10. Air Pressure Experiment: Making Water Rise

What kids do:Cover a burning candle with a drinking glass and watch water rise in the glass

What they learn:That air exerts pressure

Text instructions: https://www.gallykids.com/burning-candle-experiment

Here’s another water science experiment for kindergarteners to teach air pressure. It’s pretty amazing to see the water rising inside the glass. It might as well be magic :). A very cool science trick that kids love.

Reminder: We’re using a lighted candle here, so we recommend adult supervision

You will need:

• plate
• water
• clear drinking glass
• matches

11. The Self Inflating Balloon Experiment

What kids do:Inflate a balloon using vinegar and baking soda

What they learn:All about chemical reactions and what carbon dioxide “looks like”

Text instructions:https://www.gallykids.com/self-inflating-balloon

This is a classic kindergarten experiment and one you can easily do at home (children may need a little help putting the balloon on the bottle though).

You will need:

• baking soda
• balloons
• vinegar
• small bottle
• funnel

12. Balloons & Static Electricity Experiment

What kids do:Make ground black pepper jump around using balloons

What they learn:Electron imbalance and Static electricity

Text instructions:https://www.gallykids.com/static-electricity-experiment-balloons

You will need:

• a balloon
• a piece of A4 paper
• some black pepper

Don’t forget to listen to the hissing sound!

13. Science Experiment with Ice and Salt

What kids do:Pick an ice cube with a string

What they learn:Why we put salt on the roads in the winter

Text instructions: https://www.gallykids.com/ice-salt-experiment

This isn’t just a science experiment. It’s also a party trick!

The challenge is to pick an ice cube using a piece of string (you can also use a toothpick). It’s surprisingly easy.

You Will Need:

• bowl of water
• ice cubes
• salt
• string

14. Air Takes Up Space Experiment

What kids do:Keep paper dry even when submerged in water

What they learn:That air takes up space. Molecules in the air at work

Text instructions:https://www.gallykids.com/air-takes-up-space-experiment

All you need for this experiment are a bowl of water, plastic glass and a kitchen towel.

The rest is optional. But I suggest that you do them too as they do make the experiment more fun (and longer — for those times when you need to fill at least 30 minutes worth of activities!)

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