Thursday, February 21, 2013

Science Activities

Estimation
This is a great activity for estimation. Children can trace their hands, and then guess how many fruit loops it will take to fill their hand.  Once they have made a guess, they can put the fruit loops on their hand and count to see how close they were to their estimation.  To get a copy of the estimation hand out, Download Here!


The Human Bubble
You’ll need: bubble solution, a small plastic pool, and a hula hoop.  For maximum strength, make the bubble solution the night before and let it sit. When you’re ready for the fun to begin, have a child stand in the center of the pool. With the hula hoop already in the bubble solution, quickly lift the hula hoop up! the kids will LOVE this! <3
For this activity you will need bubble solution, a small plastic pool and a hula hoop.  This is a fun way to show children what it actually feels like inside of a bubble.


Water Walk

For this activity you will need one cup filled with colored water, a piece of paper towel and an empty cup.  Place the filled cup on a higher level.  Put the paper towel in the filled cup, as close to the bottom as possible.  Put the empty cup below the filled cup, and put the other end of the paper towel into the empty cup.  Check the empty cup throughout the day to see if the "water walks!"


Mixing Colors

This activity is great for Kindergartners!  Make 3 different cups full of colored water; blue, red, and yellow.  Have one large cup that can be used for mixing.  Have them chose two colors at a time, and blend them into the larger cup.  You can have your child write down their data, or even show it by making color blotched on a piece of paper!  Example: blue scribble + yellow scribble = green scribble.


Magnet Fun
Kindergarten Science Lessons on Magnets thumbnail
For this activity, give your child a magnet and have them explore your house to figure out what will connect with a magnet and what does not.  Have a conversation about what connects, and what doesn't and come up with some idea's as to why.


Push or Pull?
pushes and pulls - kindergarten science lesson plans. Fits all GLCE's!
For this activity you simply give your child something on wheels.  It could be a toy car, a wagon or a small bike.  Talk to your child about how things move, and have them experiment with their objects.  If several children are involved, you can have one sit in the wagon, and one doing the pushing or pulling.  This is a fun, easy way to discover to motion of objects.


Seeds and Stamps
Cut an apple across the equator to expose the star shape in the center. Use the cut-apples as stamps!

At home, make snack time a fun way to discuss an apple's seeds.  Cut the apple down the center remove the seeds.  Discuss there size and shape.  Then using paint and a white piece of paper you can make apple stamps with the star shaped side.  You can cut the other side up in smaller pieces for a snack!


Senses
#IceCream Science Activity for #Preschool and #Kindergarten

When discussing our 5 senses, there is nothing better to taste than ICE CREAM!  Choose a few different flavors for your child to try, while being blind folded and see if they can guess which flavor they are tasting.  This will be a yummy treat, but also show them how hard our taste buds work to distinguishing flavors.


Parts of a flower
Parts of a Flower #PlayDoughMat #preschool #education #kindergarten

After we have completed our flower lesson, your child will be able to show you the different party of the flower.  You can have them model this with play dough.  This is a great way to work there small motor skills, have fun, and recap on what we have been learning.


Rainbow Carnation
rainbow carnations

All you need if a few different cups, food coloring and white carnations!  You can show your child how water travels through a flowers stem and reached the pedals of the flower, even if we can not see it happening.  This will then make a great decoration for them to sit on their window sill!

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