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

16 February 2013

Living Lab

My daughter always has an experiment or demonstration going on. Always.

(Food coloring in vinegar, water, and baking soda)
 She used to label what was going on so we would know not to touch whatever she had in the works. Anymore, though, she just folds an index card in half, writes "science" on it, and we know to leave it alone.

(Preparing a slide for the microscope)

(Using yeast to blow up a balloon)
Sometimes she tells me what she's up to. Other times she just approaches me, yardstick in one hand, rubber bands in the other, and asks me where the duct tape is. Or if we have any yeast.

(Shoeboxes are as valuable as gold. Not sure what she does with them.)

(Either magnetizing a nail or making a compass)
She will tell me she doesn't like science. "Are we done yet? I want to do something. I have to check something out"

... you know, with a microscope

or in the mud.


Nothing science-y, of course. :)

12 August 2012

Filling the Physics Gap

Part of my science stash

I am SO excited to have discovered that Life of Fred is coming out with an elementary physics text in a week or so. Science is my last big planning hurdle for the upcoming year. I have a crate full of science-y books, a couple of awesome science encyclopedias (see above,) Evan-Moor "Read & Understand Science" units, Physics Experiments for Children, Snap Circuits, and a couple of building kits. What I didn't have, though, was a cohesive plan to make sure El got a basic understanding of middle school physics.

Thank you Stanley Schmidt!

I was already going to have El work through the first 2 Life of Fred books, Fractions and Decimals & Percents, sometime this year. I had no idea that the author was writing a book to fit in right after D&P for grammar/logic stage physics. This works out perfectly. I will work through my "hither, thither, and yon" DIY science with both kids and then hopefully El will have finished the 2 math books and be ready for LoF Physics sometime in the spring semester.  

CLICK HERE for a sample of Life of Fred Elementary Physics which should be released mid/late August 2012.

Elementary Physics
And, hey, while I'm here and on the subject, I'm might as well add some awesome science links, right? Here are a few of the science websites we continue to enjoy:

16 November 2011

Wordless Wednesday

Science: The goopier, the better.