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Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

Saturday, August 29, 2015

DIY Double Helix



Colorful pompoms are strung onto strings and twisted to make a scientific model of a double helix with crafts n coffee.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsncoffee.com/2015/04/24/science-fair-salvation-how-to-make-a-double-helix-dna-model/

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Ice Cube Color Theory


Primary colored ice cubes are added to primary colored water of red, yellow and blue to make secondary colors.  The mother huddle shares the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.themotherhuddle.com/learning-about-primary-colors-rainbows-with-ice-cubes/

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Melted Crayon Planets


Tiny pieces of crayons are crumbled into a round shape and then ironed to make nifty planet disks with almost unschoolers.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2011/08/melted-crayon-planets.html

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Stryrofoam Solar System



Styrofoam balls are painted and hung from a spiral wire to make a diy solar system with the diy club.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://thediyclub.com/2011/09/kimbos-solar-system/

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Bouncing Bubbles


Glycerin is the secret to making these pop proof bubbles from play at home mom llc.  She share the simple recipe.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.playathomemomllc.com/2011/09/bouncing-bubbles-2/

Saturday, February 28, 2015

How to Make a Volcano


Baking soda is buried in a dirt mound to make a fantastic volcano with kids activities blog.  Simply pour in the vinegar and see a great explosion.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/11458/how-to-build-a-volcano



Preschool alphabet makes smaller mini volcanos using an eyedropper. 

Get the instructions here:
http://preschoolalphabet.blogspot.com/2011/07/volcano.html


Minieco calls hers a magic potion.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.minieco.co.uk/magic-potion/

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Snow Science Experiments


Bring some snow indoors and watch it melt in various ways including adding different temperature waters, adding salt, putting it in other rooms, and more. 


Cold water, room temperature water and hot water are poured on snow to see how each melts the snow.  Inspiration laboratories shares the details.

Get the instructions here:
http://inspirationlaboratories.com/snow-and-water-science-experiment/


Pleasantest thing places a snowball in the freezer, refrigerator and on the table and watches how each melts. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.pleasantestthing.com/2013/02/kids-science-activity-snow-fun.html


Little bins for little hands puts snow in different rooms throughout the house to see how they melt.

Get the instructions here:
http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/snow-science-experiment-saturday-science/


Home school innovations places snow through a filter to see how it melts. 

Get the instructions here:
http://homeschoolinnovation.com/blog/homeschool-science-with-snow/


Mom inspired life adds salt to one snow ball and nothing to the other and watches how they melt.

Get the instructions here:
http://mominspiredlife.com/melting-snow-science-experiment/

Friday, January 30, 2015

Ice Science Experiments


Find a fun ice experiment to celebrate winter. 



Find out how to make frost with science sparks using just a tin can, ice, water and salt and watch condensed water in the air freeze.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.science-sparks.com/2011/11/29/ice-experiments-making-frost/


Reading confetti freezes baking soda and water and then adds vinegar to make ice volcanos.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.readingconfetti.com/2013/08/ice-volcanoes.html


Mom to 2 posh lil divas makes ice snowman by freezing water inside balloons.  She then keeps one inside and puts the others outside to see which will melt first and how fast.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/01/snowman-experiment.html


Kitchen counter chronicle sees if ice will melt faster if it's wearing "clothing," or in this case covered by a piece of cloth. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.kitchencounterchronicle.com/smiley-and-melty-snowman/


Creative family fun tests what will slide on ice testing trying rocks, sticks, bottle caps, and more.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.creativefamilyfun.net/2013/02/hockey-science.html


Inspiration laboratories places ice in different containers such as plastic, paper, glass and metal to see which will melt first.

Get the instructions here:
http://inspirationlaboratories.com/melting-ice-experiment/


Totally tots uses different substances  like water, sugar, ice and ice alone to see which will help the ice melt the fastest.

Get the instructions here:
http://totallytots.blogspot.com/2011/12/touch-feel-learn-melting-ice.html


Little bins for little hands uses color and ice to watch how ice melts, the colors meld and the effects the salt has on the paper. 

Get the instructions here:
http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/ice-melt-science-experiment-saturday-science/

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Ivory Soap Halloween Experiment


The ivory soap experiment takes a new twist with sow spout play.  After microwaving she has the color the soap with food coloring and then the kids smoosh it into cookie cutters adding googly eyes once it hardens. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://sowsproutplay.com/activities/fun-halloween-soap/

Friday, August 22, 2014

Egg in a Bottle Air Pressure Experiment


Air pressure is altered in this science experiment with fire and an egg.  Kids will love seeing the egg get sucked in.  We made that shares all of the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/egg-in-a-bottle/

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Floating Egg Science Experiment



Salt and eggs combine to make a super neat float or sink science experiment for kids.  Preschool powol packets shares all of the details. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://preschoolpowolpackets.blogspot.com/2013/03/floating-egg-science-experiment.html

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Breaking Down Colors Science Experiment


Did you know that with just water you can see the colors that make up another color?  We made that shows the science of chromatography doing just that.  She takes a coffee filter, draws on a black stripe, sits in a pool of water, and then when the water reaches the ink the colors start to show.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/chromatography-experiment/


Bird and little bird shows lots of different colors.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.birdandlittlebird.com/blog/2012/08/kitchen-table-science-simple-chromatography.html

Saturday, August 2, 2014

How to make a candle out of crayons


Broken crayons find a new use as a colorful candle thanks to chaos ensued.  Kids will love to see the crayons melt in the hot sun and learn about solar energy. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://chaosensued.blogspot.com/2009/06/crayon-candle.html

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Popsicle Stick Chain Reaction



Popsicle sticks are embedded into a long square pattern chain with mom trusted.  Once all together they're set off and explode to make a huge reaction.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://earlylearning.momtrusted.com/2013/03/popsicle-stick-chain-reaction/

Monday, July 28, 2014

Chemistry Play Set


Test tubes and petri dishes will inspire young chemists with laura ingalls wannabe scientific playset.  She includes colored water, baking soda, bath tabs, vinegar and other ingredients for kids to explore.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lauraingallswannabe.blogspot.com/2012/05/toddler-chemistry-lab.html

Friday, July 25, 2014

Tin Can Telephone


Have the kids make their own telephone with the classic two tin cans and some rope and test out how sound waves work.  We made that shares the experiment.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/string-phone/

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Water Siphon Science Experiment


Kids can create their own water coaster with babble dabble do's water siphon experiment.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/science-experiments-for-kids-siphon-water-coaster/

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Ocean in a Jar



Learn about the layers of the ocean and liquid density at the same time with this ocean zone project from i can teach my child.  She uses lots of blue food coloring for the different layers.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.icanteachmychild.com/2014/05/make-ocean-zones-jar/

Saturday, May 17, 2014

A Rainbow of Liquid Density


Kids can make a rainbow of liquid density with playdough to plato's unique take on this fun science experiment.  Her trick to make a rainbow?  Food coloring.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/2014/03/06/rainbow-jar-st-patricks-day/


We made that uses water and varying amounts of sugar to make her layers.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/water-density-experiment/

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

A great prescription for rocket science


Take two Alka Seltzers and call your local astronaut, Playful learning shares instructions and a template to make rockets from household material. 

Good for ages 4 and up

Get the instructions here:
http://playfullearning.net/summer-science-alka-seltzer-rockets/
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