Students exit the school bus and head into school.

Ready to Learn

Build young children’s scientific thinking and inquiry skills, and early literacy skills.

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Digital wireframe rendering of a suspension bridge against a blue background, showing arcs, vertical cables, and staircases.

Bridges

Uses your engineering and design skills to puzzle out how bridges are built and work.

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Colorful illustration of various insects including a butterfly, mantis, dragonflies, bees, caterpillar, ladybug, and grasshoppers, with flowers and greenery.

Bugs

Learn the difference between bugs and insects.

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A young boy in an orange shirt and gray shorts is shown pushing a wooden box in one scene, and pulling it toward himself in another. Both actions are accompanied by directional arrows.

Force and Motion

Learn what a force is and how it causes motion.

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A bar magnet with red (north) and blue (south) sides is surrounded by iron filings displaying its magnetic field lines on a white background.

Magnets

Learn how magnets work and why some items are attracted to magnets and others are not.

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A yellow measuring tape, partially unrolled, displaying black measurement markings on a reflective white surface

Measurement

With a couple tools and your know-how, you can figure it out your height and weight using measurements.

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Abstract swirling smoke in blue and pink hues against a dark background.

Mixtures and Properties

Learn all about mixtures and properties.

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A three-dimensional wooden spiral track with two red balls at opposite ends, set against a black background.

Ramp and Roll

Use scientific inquiry and engineering design skills to learn all about ramps.

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Ready to Learn Activity: Fetch! What Gives

Ruff Ruffman Fetch: What Gives

Can you design and build your very own suspension bridge?

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Two hands create the silhouette of a dog against a light background.

Shadow Play

Use scientific inquiry skills to figure out why shadows appear.

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Four children playing happily in a colorful ball pit, surrounded by bright plastic balls and playful structures.

Shapes and Motion

Learn about elasticity and the shapes that make the world.

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Two young girls play on a seesaw in a colorful playground, with bright hippo-shaped toys around them.

Simple Machines

Use your scientific inquiry skills to learn more about simple machines.

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A child in an orange life jacket jumps off a small sailboat into turquoise water, with a woman relaxing on the boat in the background.

Sink or Float

Use your scientific inquiry skills to learn about floating and sinking.

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A variety of seashells in different shapes and colors arranged on sand, including dark, medium, and light-toned shells.

Sorting and Classifying

Learn how to sort and classify objects.

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A girl with long brown hair wearing blue headphones smiles playfully against a bright orange textured wall.

Sounds

Using scientific inquiry skills you and your child will learn more about sound and how it works.

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Four children gathered around a table contemplating how to build a structure out of paper.

Structures

Use your design thinking and science inquiry skills to determine the best kind of structure.

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Four children in colorful raincoats and umbrellas stand on a rain-soaked path in a park, reflecting their images in the puddles.

Weather Gear

Why does fog look grey and feel wet? Answer this question about the weather using scientific inquiry with your child.

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