Ignite your students’ curiosity this November with this Hands-On Thanksgiving Science Activities & Experiments! Build excitement and deepen their understanding of STEM concepts while celebrating the fall season. Utilize this engaging resource to boost your classroom’s enthusiasm for science and occupy them up to Thanksgiving break!
In this Thanksgiving science activity download you will receive the following 5 science experiments: Create a Parade Float, How to Make Homemade Butter, Turkey Baster Races, Turkey Balloon Rockets, and Cranberry Towers. These Thanksgiving science experiments are sure to be a hit with your students and will be simple prep and plan for you!
What’s included?
1 Materials Needed page for hassle-free preparation
5 Student Recording pages with activity instructions to hold your students accountable
Thanksgiving Science Experiments include:
Create a Parade Balloon Float
How to Make Homemade Butter
Turkey Baster Races
Turkey Balloon Rockets
Cranberry Towers
With 5 experiments, you could do one each day, have a science day, or pick and choose which ones to use to make the days leading up to Thanksgiving break easier on you!
Why Should I Use Science Experiments before Thanksgiving?
Students are often incredibly energetic leading up to Thanksgiving Break. Instead of trying to teach boring concepts on a holiday, allow students to have fun while still learning science.
Hands-on activities create a level of student buy-in. There’s motivation to learn and grow now that the student has enjoyed a learning activity.
Hands-on activities will also allow students to be social. This will help you channel student energy into something academic.
Have fun with your students! They are able to see your personality and you are able to learn more about them, too.
Check out what other educators are saying:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rene S. wrote, “Perfect themed science activities to entertain and educate during the holiday season.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cristy Scott (TpT Seller) wrote, “My students loved the fun activities within this purchase. I did this with 5-year-old preK students and just adapted it to fit within the standards for them.”
These Thanksgiving Science Activities are versatile and allow you to choose what works best for YOU during the craziness of holiday breaks. You don’t want to miss out on this NO FUSS resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.
Hi, I’m Chloe—curriculum designer, teacher mentor, and creator behind Chloe Campbell Education. After over a decade in education, I’ve made it my mission to help elementary and middle school teachers take learning from “just one more worksheet” to wait...did we just have fun while hitting the standards? My resources are built for the real world—where time is short, behaviors are big, and engagement is everything. From hands-on science experiments to math games that trick students into actually loving review time, I create activities that are low-prep, high-impact, and grounded in what actually works.