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Sunday, August 30, 2020

Walking Water Rainbow Science Experiment

This is aimed for younger children but older children and teenagers should enjoy doing this science experiment. It mentions "capillary action" and "cohesion" which are two properties of water.

Walking Water Rainbow

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Science A to Z

A
Acoustics
Sound Absorption and Reflection

C
Cohesion
Testing the Properties of Water
Science: Chemistry

G
Genetics
What Gregor Mendel & Growing Peas Can Teach Us about Heredity

H
Heart
Build A Functioning Heart Model
Science: Biology

S
Sound
Science: Physics

5/30/2020
I was making a glass of lemonade. As I was stirring it. I observed it was making various notes. At the bottom of the glass it was making a higher note. At the top of the tall glass, it was making a lower note. As I drunk my lemonade, it was making a higher note when I stirred it. It kept on getting higher and higher as I drank the lemonade. It did stop changing notes at a certain point. If you are making lemonade (or if you just want to do this with water or any other type of drink). Have fun!

This also works with any height of a glass cup or bowl or even plastic cups or bowls.

Plastic Cup Sound Experiment
This is the safest with kids.

Materials:
- Various sizes of plastic cups
- Spoons

Take various sizes of cups. Use the scientific method. Predict what will happen with each size of cup. Will it be a high note? Will it a low low? What will it be? Test your hypothesis out by having the child, teenager, or adult tap a spoon on the top of the different sizes of bowls. What will happen if you add water to each cup? Predict what will happen. Illustrate your experiment.

Information
Physics for Kids: Basics of Sound | Ducksters

Experiments
Sound Absorption and Reflection
Physics for Kids: Basics of Sound | Ducksters - Experiments: Sound Pitch, Sound Waves, Sound Vibrations

Surface Tension
Testing the Properties of Water
Science: Chemistry

T
Transpiration
Transpiration Science Experiments
- Celery
- Carnation or White Flower

Science: Chemistry

W
Water
Testing the Properties of Water
Science: Chemistry

Information and Science Experiments
100 Hands-On Activities for Middle School and High School

At Home Science Experiments | Steve Spangler Science

Rader's: Biology4Kids | Chem4Kids | Cosmos4Kids | Geography4kids | Physics4Kids

Ducksters: Astronomy | Biology | Chemistry | Earth Science | Physics | Environment

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Science Experiments

You can find lots of science experiments and activities at the below links.

Love My Science | Science Experiments List
Reach Out Michigan | Quick and Easy Activities -- (A-Z) for Pre-school through High School.
Science Fun For Everyone | Science Experiments for Kids
Steve Spangler Science | Experiments

"A" Science Experiments and Activities

A
Absorb - Put a sponge in water. Observe the water absorb into the sponge.

Air
Blow a feather across the floor.
Put some water into a container and blow on it.
Blow on your hand.
Blow a balloon up. Play with it.

Air in a Bag
Materials:
Straw
Book
Zipper Sandwich Bag

Predict what will happen when you blow air into the bag. Take a straw and place it in the center of a plastic bag. Seal it on the sides towards the straw. Place it under the book. Blow into the straw. Observe what happened.

Air Pressure
Experiment - Fill a sink (or container) of water (enough to cover the cup). Have the child(ren) predict if water will go in the cup or not. Push a clear plastic cup into the water. Take the cup out of the water. Did any water get into the cup? Was the cup heavy or light? After doing that several times, let the children experiment with the cup and let water enter into the cup. Was the cup with the water in it heavier or lighter than the cup with "just air" in it?

Astronomy - Look outside during the day or the night. What do you see?

Air & Air Pressure Links
5 Ways to Demonstrate Air Pressure to Children | ASME
Air Experiments For Kids: Air Takes Up Space Experiment | Gally Kids
All About Air Experiments | Steve Spangler Science
Air Pressure Experiments | Love My Science
Putting Air To Work | PBS Learning Media

More "A" science experiments and activities can be found on this blog at Science Experiments.

Monday, May 18, 2020

Volcano Science Experiments

Here are some science experiments you can do with baking soda and vinegar. Watch them explode!!!

Baking Soda & Vinegar Volcano | Science Kids - This also has an explanation of what is happening with this science experiment.

Make Your Own Volcano | Science Bob

Cool Off Volcanoes | Science Fun For Everyone!

How to make a Volcano | Science Fun For Everyone!

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

STEM & STEAM

What in the world does STEM and STEAM mean?

Well, the letters stand for something. For STEM, here is what it means.
S stands for Science,
T stands for Technology.
E stands for Engineering
M stands for Mathematics.

Now, they have added one more to make STEM. STEM + ART = STEAM. Art is very good part of STEAM since it adds the creative part into all of these subjects.
S stands for Science,
T stands for Technology.
E stands for Engineering
A stands for Art..
M stands for Mathematics.

Friday, May 8, 2020

The Peanuts Gang Family Resource Gallery

The Peanuts Gang Family Resources Gallery: Lesson Plans
These are for grades: K-8, It includes these subject area: language arts, STEM, social studies, and math.