Science Projects

Thanksgiving Science Projects eBook

Fun & Easy Activities Your Kids Will Love

Turn your kids into curious scientists this Thanksgiving with these 6 exciting science experiments including 3 Thanksgiving dinner food experiments! Download the FREE printable eBook here! 

Thanksgiving Dinner Science: Find the Starch

In this Thanksgiving food experiment, test your foods for starch using Lugol’s iodine. Print out your datasheet and get ready to record what you discover. 

Thanksgiving Dinner Science: Find the Protein

In this Thanksgiving dinner science experiment, test food for protein using Biuret reagent. The blue solution changes to pink-purple when it reacts with protein. Print out your datasheet and get ready to record what you discover. 

Thanksgiving Dinner Science: Find the Fats

In this Thanksgiving dinner science experiment, you will test different food dishes and see if you can find fat in them. Print out your data sheet and get ready to record what you discover. 

Turkey Anatomy

Color this fun printable turkey and learn about turkey anatomy! 

Turkey Word Search

Print this Thanksgiving word search to find the hidden holiday words!

Pumpkin Petri Dishes

In this experiment, cultivate bacteria in pumpkin petri dishes. All you need is some leftover pumpkin, household items, and some places around the house to perform this experiment. In this activity, you’ll use the scientific method by making predictions and collecting and recording data. (Adult supervision recommended.