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Easter Science Experiments

If you love STEM activities for kids and easy science experiments for kids, then you’ll enjoy this list of Easter science experiments!

With Easter science experiments, explore the best of science and Easter at the same time and spark a love of science in kids, even if they don’t love science today.

In this list you’ll find Easter experiments for preschool, elementary, kindergarten, and middle school kids.

What is Easter Science?

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Easter science experiments are just regular science experiments with an Easter twist!

Easter themes include bunnies, chicks, eggs, candy, jellybeans, gardens, spring, life cycles, and chocolate! You can learn just about anything during the Easter season, but the addition of fun Easter themes and colors makes science even more fun in the spring.

Try out these ideas for Easter science activities, and then use these ideas as inspiration for your own Easter science projects!

What you need for Easter science experiments:

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And if you want even more Easter activities, try this list of Easter STEM activities.

The Complete List of Easter Science Experiments

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If you love Easter, then you’ll love these super fun Easter science activities!

Easter Science Activities for Preschoolers

These Easter science activities are perfect for preschoolers.

These Fizzing Easter Eggs teach chemistry and chemical reactions at the preschool level.

Make Peeps Playdough and learn about states of matter.

Make Fluffy Bunny Slime and teach kids about polymer chains.

Build a Science-Themed Easter Basket for your preschoolers!

Don’t miss these Easter science activities for preschoolers.

Kindergarten Easter Activities

Kindergarten kids will love these Easter science experiments.

Kindergarten kids will love making Eggshell Gardens.

Try the Silver Egg Experiment and learn about light refraction.

Make Edible Jellybean Slime and learn science and eat something yummy!

Make these fun Bunny Art Projects.

Try these other Kindergarten Easter activities.

Easter Activities for Elementary Students

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Try these Easter science activities in elementary school.

Elementary kids will love making these Rubber Rainbow Naked Eggs.

Learn about crystals when making Salt Crystal Easter Eggs.

Bring spring indoors with Fluffy Rainbow Slime.

Make your own Chick Slime for fun this Easter!

The Easter Lava Lamp is a demonstration of chemical reactions.

The Color-Changing Flower Experiment teaches kids how plants drink.

Find the complete list of Easter activities for elementary students!

Easter Science Experiments for Middle School

If you love STEM activities for kids and easy science experiments for kids, then you'll enjoy this list of Easter science experiments!

These Easter experiments are perfect for the middle school classroom.

Middle school kids love the Egg Drop STEM Challenge.

Middle schoolers love things that explode, like these Exploding Rubber Eggs.

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Build Salt Crystal Rainbows and learn about molecular bonds.

Learn How to Make a Stop Motion Video with jellybeans!

Get even more Easter science experiments for middle school!

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Easter Slime Recipes

There are tons of fun Easter slime recipes to try, like this chick slime, bunny tail slime, or rainbow slime! You can find a complete list of Easter slime recipes here.

Easter Peeps Science Experiments

If you love Peeps, don’t miss our complete list of Peeps science experiments. You can also have fun with these Peeps STEM activities!

What are your favorite Easter science experiments to try with kids? Any favorites that we need to add to the list?

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