Body Science
Use your body as a tool to practice investigating.
Your own body is one of the best tools for exploring science concepts. Try these activities:
Balance this! Challenge kids to see if they can balance different items on one finger (or two or three, depending on age). Try a wooden spoon, a sponge, and a sock. Which is the easiest to balance? Which is the hardest? Why might an item be easy or hard to balance?
There she blows! What can kids move using air? Challenge kids to move a tissue by blowing on it. How far can they make it go? Now try heavier items, like a pencil, book, or bar of soap.
Hummmmm… What’s happening when you hum? Try humming a simple tune. Lightly put your hand on your throat as you do. What do you feel? Does your throat vibrate? Try humming louder and softer. Do the vibrations change? What happens when you blow air without making sound? Do the vibrations stop?
Elmo’s Wonderful World: Sun
Learn about our sun—a star that provides warmth, light, and energy for plants, insects, animals, and people to live and grow.
I Love the Rain
Watch Elmo and Grover sing about how rain helps Earth’s people, animals, and plants live and grow.
Exploring Sunshine & Shadows
A fun science experiment for kids to learn about the sun.
Sounds of Rain
You and your child can create the many sounds of a rainstorm through play and arts and crafts!
Plant, Water, Grow!
Use this fun science experiment to teach kids about how plants grow.
Bug Boogie
Sing and dance with Elmo, Abby, and some bug pals and learn the wonderful things that insects do for plants and gardens.
Insect Scavenger Hunt
Embark on a scavenger hunt together with little ones to look for insects!
