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  Pre-Kindergarten science projects do not need to teach deeply intellectual subject matter, according to Easy Science Fair Projects. Projects in Pre-K classes should focus on entertaining the children and teaching them to be "wowed" by science. A number of winter-related science projects can entertain, educate and enlighten kids to the possibilities of science.
  
  

Snow Day Melt

• For this project, based on the project from Easy Science Fair Projects, you need to collect snow from outside. Place the snow in six clear, plastic glasses. Fill the glasses to the top without compressing the snow. Place two of the glasses on a windowsill where the sun can hit them, place two in a completely dark part of the room and leave two more outside. Have the kids record the amount of snow to the amount of water in each glass. Allow them to come to conclusions as to why the ice melted.
  
  

Winter Life

• For this project, adapted from a Science Made Simple Project, allow the children to observe the habits of insects and animals in the winter. Make sure the kids bundle up and then encourage them to look at the animals, the trees, bushes and the grass. Give them free room to play "detective" outside with the winter life. When you come back inside, get warm and talk as a group about the different things they noticed. Ask them if they saw birds and compare the amount of birds in the winter to the amount of birds in the summer. Ask them about the trees and the leaves and encourage them to intellectually explore where the leaves went.
  
  

Methods of Warmth

• According to a lesson plan from the Teacher's Corner, you can use conversations about how different animals stay warm in the winter to create an interactive game and explore the science of maintenance in the winter. For this project you need some blankets, some kind of play tube and stuff to build nests. Teach your Pre-K students about the different ways that animals stay warm in the winter, devoting less than five minutes per animal. After you teach about each animal, let the children act like the different animals, such as putting blankets around them to emulate fur or building bird nests to stay warm like birds.