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October 5, 2015 | 16 Comments

Easy Science Project for Kids

This is my favorite science project! Disney’s Tomorrowland film originally sponsored this post – but in the years since this was originally published, it’s simply become a staple science experiment for my preschool class and a well-loved science project for science fairs. For the last seven years this simple question ” Which food will rot first?” has been a great way to get preschoolers excited about science and spark their curiosity. That is our goal when including science experiments in our classrooms. 

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Easy Science Project

 

Ready? This is so much fun, and I like that it takes days to progress and observe. This gives children a real sense of what being a scientist is like. It takes time to observe and gather info!

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Gather your materials. You will need some food (we chose cheese, milk, bread, and an orange slice), something to observe them in, like these test tubes or regular sandwich bags will work, and an observation log. You can find plastic test tubes like the ones I have here – use my amazon affiliate link to buy. OBSERVATION LOGDownload Here

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Pop the food in and make predictions. We all thought the milk would rot first. This is what I love so much about this science project it gives children a real sense of the scientific process. science kitchen science

Observe and make notes of the observations on your log for 5 days.

DAY 1 5 WITH TEXT

This is what ours looked like on day 1 and day 5.  Even though you can see mold on the orange, the milk was nearly solid. As my kids found out, it was very sour. They were very into carefully inspecting and observing each day. One day my daughter shook the milk…don’t. Trust me. For the sake of science, though, we went for it.

The best part of this was how seriously they took their roles as scientists, and I loved making them realize that they don’t have to wait until they grow up to be a scientist, they can be a scientist today.

Need more simple science activities and science experiments for young children?

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Check out our tried and true science experiments – these all make great science projects for science fair too! Read the full list here.

Filed Under: Age: Elementary, Age: Kindergarten, Science, Science Experiments | 16 Comments

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16 Comments

  1. Tiffani Godwin says

    December 13, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    This is a great idea for my child’s project

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  2. Abby says

    January 25, 2017 at 3:52 pm

    What do you do with the observation log? Do put a check mark in it or write about what each one looks like.

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    • Allison McDonald says

      January 27, 2017 at 7:56 am

      Depends on the child’s level of understanding – you could make happy or sad faces or a word to describe what is happening, check marks if they are molding and x if they are not. In our house we described the food ” Looks dry” “Getting moldy”. I hope that helps!

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  3. Ciara Franco says

    November 1, 2018 at 3:29 pm

    This works amazingly! My daughter did it for her STEM and she loved doing this project! I totally recomened this to people who need an idea for STEM! She had so much fun doing this hands-on project!

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    • Allison McDonald says

      November 1, 2018 at 4:10 pm

      I am thrilled to hear it was a success!

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    • doggo says

      March 24, 2019 at 11:16 am

      yea it was really fun!

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  4. Mikah Wheeler says

    December 16, 2020 at 8:41 am

    It was really fun!!!!!

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