The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle is a delightful book I chanced upon a few days ago and just have to share with you. Title: The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle – The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson’s Famous Frozen Treat Author: Anne Renaud Illustrator: Milan Pavlovic Publishing: Kids Can Press, 2019 Ages: 4-9 Themes: Children as Inventors, Experiments, Perseverance … Read more
Inside: A round-up of some wonderful ocean science experiments for kids. I love the ocean (I live on an island) and love doing experiments with my class, although I’m more than a little embarrassed to admit that I didn’t do ANY last year!! It was a challenging year; what can I say? Since I also view this blog as my … Read more
We’ve been learning about eggs and have done a couple of experiments. Today’s was the most exciting because I goofed and broken eggs were everywhere!! You should have heard the screaming. Hee hee. First we talked about how fragile eggs are. Then we predicted how many small white boards 3 eggs could support before breaking. The kids’ predictions ranged from … Read more
Inside: little blue and little yellow book review plus 5 book extension ideas. Title: little blue and little yellow Author: Leo Lionni Publishing: HarperCollins, 1995 Suitable for Ages: 4 to 8 Genre: Children’s fiction Themes: Friendship, Similarities & Differences, Colours Synopsis (from Amazon): Little blue and little yellow share wonderful adventures. One day, they can’t find one another. When they … Read more
Last week we started a new Science unit called Force and Motion and we kicked it off with an exploration of gravity. I put the kids into pairs and gave them each a dish of objects: They spent about 45 minutes in the classroom dropping the objects and comparing how fast they fell. They wrote down their observations and we … Read more
I just started a Play Dough and Slime board on Pinterest you might want to check out. I was amazed at all the different varieties and I can hardly wait to try out some of these with my class! I used to LOVE this stuff as a kid. Click on the link above and you can find all the amazing … Read more
Last week we did the coolest experiment … EXPLODING SOAP! First of all, I passed around a bar of Ivory soap and we smelled it, touched it, and thought of as many words as we could to describe it. Then I told the class we were going to put the bar in the microwave and heat it up. But first … Read more
Happy September! We’ve just started a new school year. I was going to begin with a forest unit, but I’ve decided to go with bears instead. My first experiment for this unit is all about gummy bears. I know! It won’t teach the kids anything about bears themselves, but it’s fun. It involves food. And it’s all about the science … Read more
I LOVE the rainbow milk experiment and the kids love it even more. It’s so easy to do and the results are amazing. All you do is: 1) Pour some whole milk into a bowl. 2) Add some drops of food colouring; red, yellow and blue spaced equally around the outside edge of the bowl. Be careful not to jiggle … Read more