Candy is everywhere this week so we wanted to use it for some after school learning! We did another dissolving science experiment, but this time the goal was to dissolve the M off of an M&M. Have you tried this one before? It is really cool! M&M Candy Experiment Supplies: M&Ms Bowl of water That's it! Put a couple M&Ms in the water with the M side up and observe what happens. We talked about how the coating on the … [Read more...]
Science Activity: Pumpkin Investigations
Science is everywhere in the fall! The weather is cooler and it's a great time for little scientists to get out and explore the world around them. We were excited to get our first pumpkins of the fall pumpkins a couple of weeks ago and decided to use them for some scientific investigations! Pumpkin Learning I made the kids a printable to use to record their predictions and estimations about the different properties of the pumpkin and then we … [Read more...]
Apple Science Experiment
Fall is here and apples are everywhere! We have been having fun with apple books and crafts and decided to do an apple science experiment too. The kids love acid and base reactions, but this time instead of combining them we observed to see what effects they would have on apples. Apple Science Experiment We began by choosing which acids and bases we were going to use. The acids were easy, lemon juice and vinegar are two we always have, but I … [Read more...]
Science for Kids: Flower Pigment Experiment
Do different color flowers have the same pigments? Not always. We have 3 types of dark pink flowers at our house so we decided to experiment to see if all of them were made of the same pigments. The kids chose petals from the three different types of flowers to test--roses, gerber daisies, and pink flowers from our front shrubs. While they were doing that I set up the rest of the experiment that I found on Scientific American. This science … [Read more...]
Does it Dissolve? Kids Science Experiment
Today's science week theme is liquids and we have a fun water activity for you! We experimented to see which solids would dissolve in water and the kids loved finding out if their predictions were correct. There is something extra fun about any science activity where you get to mix things! I told the kids what we were going to do and they raided the pantry to see what items we should test. They predicted whether or not each solid would … [Read more...]
How to Make a Cloud in a Bottle!
My kids love checking the weather each morning. They memorize the forecast and then quote the percentages of rain to us all day so I knew they would love making a cloud in a bottle!Before we started we talked about how clouds are made of little droplets of water or ice in the air. When warm air rises, like in the wind experiment we did, it expands and cools. As it does it can't hold as much water vapor and some of the droplets condense stick … [Read more...]
Frog Life Cycle Books for Kids
We are having fun learning all about frogs at our house! The kids have loved learning about the life cycle of a frog and have been pouring over the nonfiction books we checked out of the library. It has been so cool to see them grab a frog life cycle book to look up a tadpole or frog fact while they are pretend playing! There are tons of frog children's books out there, but not all of them teach about tadpoles and the life cycle of a frog. If … [Read more...]
Frog Life Cycle Sensory Bin
My kids have been obsessed with learning about the life cycle of a frog. We have read lots of books about frogs and even tried to find a way to raise our own tadpoles. That didn't work out so we decided to create our own small world Frog Life Cycle Sensory Bin! The kids love it and have been having a blast playing with the frogspawn, tadpoles, and frogs! To make the sensory bin we searched to see what we could find around the house for our … [Read more...]
