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The Water Cycle: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
A hands-on experiment with a water bottle to visualize how water moves through the cycle.
Insect Observation: Bugs in Your Backyard
Turn your backyard into a science lab! Kids use observation skills to discover and identify common backyard insects.
Animal Superpowers: How Animals Adapt
Kids discover how animals special features help them survive. Hands-on sorting activity plus a drawing exercise to connect the concept to their own world.
Exploring Local Leaves
A hands-on nature walk to collect and compare different leaf shapes and colors found right in Maryville.
Kitchen Chemistry: Baking Soda and Vinegar
A classic, fizzy experiment that introduces kids to the concept of chemical reactions using simple kitchen staples.
Kitchen Chemistry: The Magic of Baking Soda and Vinegar
A classic hands-on experiment to introduce kids to the concept of a chemical reaction through a fizzy, bubbling volcano.
Seasons Around Maryville: What We Notice Each Year
Kids explore their local environment to discover signs of spring and learn to observe seasonal changes.
Sprouting Seeds: Watching Plants Grow
Simple spring planting experiment where kids grow beans or sunflowers in clear cups to watch roots develop. Builds patience, observation skills, and understanding of plant needs.
The Magic of Magnetism
A hands-on discovery lesson where kids predict and test which household items are magnetic.
The Magic of Seeds
Watch a seed wake up! A simple, hands-on way for kids to see the very first stage of a plant s life without needing a garden.
Exploring Tennessee Streams: Observing What Lives in Our Waterways
Young scientists observe Tennessee streams and ponds to discover what lives in the water. Hands-on nature exploration for little explorers.
Growing Things: Plants and Life Cycles
Kids observe a plant up close, draw what they see, and learn the basic parts of a plant.
Life Cycles: From Seed to Plant
Plant a seed and watch it grow! This hands-on lesson teaches young learners about plant life cycles, what plants need to survive, and the parts of a plant - all with a bean seed and a cup of soil.
Observing the Weather
A gentle daily weather observation lesson for little scientists. Kids learn to notice clouds, temperature, and seasons while building their very first weather chart.
Planting Seeds: Watching Life Begin
Plant real seeds and watch them grow. Teach observation, patience, and the basic needs of living things.
Watching Butterflies: A Life Cycle Lesson
Learn about butterfly life cycles through observation and hands-on activities perfect for little learners.