Monday, March 17, 2014

Useful Blogs for Teaching Science!

Hi everyone! Here are some activities that you can do at home or in the classroom which will help students build knowledge in many areas of science. Enjoy! 


Volcano  Put some wax in the bottom of a fireproof glass container.Add some sand .Fill it up with cold water. Now carefully heat the bottom. Eventually, the wax underneath starts to boil (representing the molten rocks under the Earth's crust) The sand has bubbles, the hot wax shoots out in a lovely volcanic explosion. The wax reservoir empties and you get a  representing how material from the volcanic explosion forms a layer of ash in the atmosphere.

On this blog you will find this great activity! In this activity students will use wax, sand, water, and heat to make a volcano in a tea cup! Also on this blog you will find a lot of ways to show children color through art. It would be a great resource when trying to link science and art! 



On this blog Learn~Play~Imagine you will find many activities for kindergarten and first grade! I really enjoy this How Does it Rain activity! In this activity students will learn about the water cycle and what happens when it rains! 


Second Grade Life Science Activities: Build a Terrarium

On this website, Education.com, you will find tons of activities that will help your child explore science! I really love the Terrarium activity! In this activity students will create a mini plant habitat and learn what it takes to make an 
ecosystem work!


Dancing raising science activity, Photo by Myrna Martin

On this website, Kids-Fun-Science.com, you will be able to find a ton of hands on activities for many different areas of science!  I really love the dancing raisin activity! In this activity students will get to see carbon dioxide make raisins dance! 


Fun with oobleck

Live Science is a great resource for everyone. There are a ton of great activities for science investigation. Check on the Oobleck activity! This activity includes the oobleck recipe and ideas for science experiments once you have made it! 


Simple science activities, Earthquake Waves, Photo by Myrna Martin

The Science SIte is a great resource for science. Check out the earthquake waves activity! This activity demonstrates how earthquake waves can travel through a variety of different materials after an earthquake.


Science density

Science Sparks is for ages 5 and up, be sure to check out all the experiments on this blog! I really like the water density activity! This activity will help students understand water density! 


soil-cake-009

Farmer's Daughter is a great blog for fun activities for young kids. I really enjoy this yummy soil model (the kids get to eat it when its done)! In this activity students will build their own soil model while learning about the different layers. Then when they are all done they get to enjoy what they created! 


Fourth Grade Earth & Space Science Activities: Make a Sundial

This is a great site for science resources. This website has experiments and activities for all ages! I love the sundial activity! In this activity students will make there own sundial and learn how they can tell time by using the sun! 



This website is a great resource for students to do research on! It also is good for up to date news in the field of science! 

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