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The Ultimate List of Spring Science Experiments for the Classroom

Use these science experiment ideas to kickstart any science experiments for kids that you do during the spring season!

Follow along with these spring science experiments and try these activities in your classroom or home to celebrate the spring season!

Kids will have a blast doing these science experiments for spring and you’ll love how easy the activities are to bring into the classroom.

There is no end to what kids can learn with these science activities for spring!

Love science? Love spring? These spring science experiments are the best experiments to do in the classroom or at home in the spring! Spring science activities for kids will help make the best spring science projects and spring science fair experiments! #scienceexperiments #stemactivities #science #springactivities

THE BEST SPRING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR KIDS

Each of these spring science experiments are designed with elementary-aged children in mind, but they can also be modified to be used for children in kindergarten and preschool as well.

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Love science? Love spring? These spring science experiments are the best experiments to do in the classroom or at home in the spring! Spring science activities for kids will help make the best spring science projects and spring science fair experiments! #scienceexperiments #stemactivities #science #springactivities

WHAT ARE SPRING SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS?

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Science experiments for kids are a fun way to bring the concepts of science to life. There are a lot of reasons to do hands-on science experiments with kids, but you don’t ever have to do seasonal science experiments.

A spring science experiment is simply a science experiment that focuses on spring topics, typically botany, insect science, biology, flower science, and animal science.

Kids naturally love learning about the world around them and there is no better time for that then spring!

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Why Do Spring Science Experiments for Kids?

By the time spring rolls around, kids are ready for a break. They want to get outdoors and explore and are ready for summer break already.

When you introduce spring science experiments into the classroom during the spring season, you give kids a chance to get outdoors, feel the change in the weather, and learn a little bit about what happens to the earth during the spring season.

Spring is a wonderful time to explore seed science, outdoor science, animal science, and a lot more!

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Kid-Friendly Scientific Method for Spring Experiments

Kids who are science lovers can learn all kinds of things when doing spring science lessons. Spring science is NGSS aligned, and you can adapt any of these spring science projects in this list to fit whatever current NGSS standard that you are working on.

For most children in elementary school, the NGSS standard is to help them learn the process of science, more than just the end result of the experiment. Pay special attention to teaching science vocabulary, the scientific method, and specific science topics when completing these activities. All science experiments should follow the scientific method and include:

A question: Why are you doing this experiment?

A hypothesis: What do you think will happen in this experiment?

An experiment with variables: Test several variables to see what happens.

A result and data recording: Record the information from your experiment.

Love science? Love spring? These spring science experiments are the best experiments to do in the classroom or at home in the spring! Spring science activities for kids will help make the best spring science projects and spring science fair experiments!

How to Do Spring Science Activities in a Group

The best way to cut down on mess when doing spring science experiments in a group setting is advanced preparation. Have everything you need ready-to-go before you get started.

Gather your supplies, make sure you know the experiment backward and forwards, and have all worksheets and learning materials that you will be learning on hand before you get started.

I like to discuss the scientific concept before we get the hands-on supplies out because kids get too distracted by equipment and supplies to focus on the lesson. Go over the lesson first and then start the activity.

You’ll have a much higher chance of success if you do your spring science experiments this way. Involve the kids in clean-up too, and you’ll start to love these hands-on science projects as much as we do!

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If you can’t get enough of spring science experiments for kids, you won’t want to miss this fun list of the best spring science experiments! Kids will love these hands-on spring science activities and will keep begging to do more and more science experiments!

Spring Science Activities for Preschoolers

Try these spring science activities that preschoolers will love!

In this mini unit study, you will learn all about how paper is recycled and other fun ways to teach recycling. It's perfect for Earth Day activities!

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This chick Easter slime is adorable and oh-so-perfect for Easter! Add it to an Easter basket or play with it just for fun!

Chick Slime Recipe

Love cows? Then you will love this free unit study all about a cow's digestive system and animal nutrition!

Animal Bovine Digestion Science Lesson

In this no-prep totschooling activity, teach preschoolers the varying dietary needs of animals through classification using small toys.

Animal Nutrition Classification Science Activity

Make STEM learning more fun when you make it spring themed! These spring STEM activities for kids provide the perfect spring environment for STEM lesson plans and STEM learning challenges. Spring stem challenges are a fun way to bring STEM education into the classroom or home!

Spring Science Discovery Bottles

Spring Science Activities for Kindergarten

Kindergarten kids will love these spring science activities!

Slime lovers will adore this fluffy version of rainbow slime! This fluffy rainbow slime recipe is super easy to make and it's less messy than many other slime recipes out there. Rainbow slime that is fluffy is fun and you'll learn how to make fluffy rainbow slime in no time! #slimerecipes #slime #rainbow #kidsactivities

Fluffy Rainbow Slime Recipe

Kids will love making their very own walking rainbow from just three colors. This amazing walking rainbow experiment is the most fun walking water experiment ever! You'll have a blast with the rainbow walking water. #scienceexperiment #science #stemactivities #science

Walking Water Rainbow Science Experiment

Kids will love this rainbow variation on the classic naked eggs experiment. Don't just make naked rubber eggs, make rainbow rubber eggs!

Rainbow Naked Egg Science Experiment

This spring, celebrate new life and growing things with the egg shell garden science experiment for kids! Your kids will love growing these tiny shell gardens. Learn how things grow with these egg shells gardens. #stemactivities #scienceexperiment #science #springactivities

Egg Shell Gardens Science Experiment

Love Monarch butterflies? You won't want to miss this fun STEM unit study learning about Monarch butterflies and creating a 3D Monarch model.

3D Butterfly Model Science Experiment

Learn about how plants drink water with capillary action in this super-fun rainbow color changing flowers experiment! Kids of all ages will love it!

Color Changing Flowers Science Experiment

This simple science activity encourages scientific exploration during flower dissection. A fun STEM activity for preschool and kindergarten!

Flower Dissection Science Experiment

Preschoolers will learn about color mixing in this preschool color mixing flower busy bag activity! Learn what colors mix and blend without adult help!

Color Mixing Flower Science Experiment

Spring Science Activities for Elementary Students

Older kids will love doing these spring science experiments!

Learn about the parts of a flower with this 3D rose parts of a flower model. Kids will love this hands-on thematic unit about the biology of flowers.

3D Rose Model Science Activity

Try these weather science experiments and learn all about weather science in a hands-on way that kids will love! Weather science for kids is so much fun!

Weather Science Experiments

Help your children learn about clouds and weather with this activity for identifying cloud types using puff paint! A great STEM activity for kids.

Types of Clouds Science Activity

This raining rainbow cloud in a jar not only makes it rain, but it makes a hurricane! A simple STEM project for little ones (and older kids love it too!)

Raining Rainbow Science Experiment

Want an easy way to teach kids how clouds form? This simple science experiment for kids is the perfect "wow" demonstration.

How Clouds Form Science Experiment

Make this super fun, kid safe baking soda slime in honor of Earth Day! Use other colors and this borax free slime can be used any time of year!

Earth Day Slime Recipe

Looking for an easy way to teach continental drift and hands-on plate tectonics? You will love this simple and tasty earth science demonstration using cake!

Earth Science Experiment Plate Tectonics

Learn how you can make a difference in the planet with science, technology, engineering, and math activities with these STEM activities for Earth Day!

Earth Day STEM Activities and Science Experiments

If you love Easter activities for kids, you'll love this collection of Easter STEM activities. Kids will learn all about Easter science, Easter technology, Easter engineering, and Easter math! Over 30 STEM activity ideas for Easter! #easteractivities #stemactivities #stemed #handsonlearning

Easter STEM Activities and Science Experiments

Learn about science with a tornado in a jar! This tornado in a jar lesson plan is so easy and an excellent way to learn about centripetal force and makes an excellent tornado science project. Use our tornado in a jar worksheet to complete the glitter tornado science activity! #stemactivities #scienceexperimentsforkids #science #stem

Tornado in a Jar science Experiment

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