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What kind of science ideas/projects would you do with a 5yo?

Baking soda and vinegar is always fun, and you can put celery in colored water and watch it change colors, or create glue / plastic from milk and vinegar, or grow salt / sugar crystals, or do pretty much anything that's visual and not too complicated. The experiment end of things may be a little advanced for a 5 year old to actually retain, however, so I'd personally focus more on science and less on science experiments per se.

At that age, my kids enjoyed JellyStone Crystals. They're fairly inexpensive, reusable, and colorful. You can use them to experiment with absorbency and water.

Catch some bugs and find some books to match... learn about the life, eating habits, babies of particular bugs.

Butterfly Gardens are fun. Takes a few weeks for the process, though.

Plant some seeds in a container that allows you to see the roots grow.

That's off the top of my head. I'll keep thinking.

Happy Science!
Sheila in IN

At that age, my kids enjoyed JellyStone Crystals. They're fairly inexpensive, reusable, and colorful. You can use them to experiment with absorbency and water.

Catch some bugs and find some books to match... learn about the life, eating habits, babies of particular bugs.

Butterfly Gardens are fun. Takes a few weeks for the process, though.

Plant some seeds in a container that allows you to see the roots grow.
I was planning on this one in bold already esp now that it is spring. I will have to find a jellystone crystal.
Thanks for your help!

This is very nice game. I think this snap circuit can be started at 5. It has different levels to choose from when you buy. He will work on it for couple years as the observation makes more sense to the kid.

My son always use it to test if my battery is really dead