This pipe cleaner constellation activity is an engaging and concrete way of helping young children understand constellations.
As adults, it is easier for us to look at a constellation diagram in a book and then look up in the night sky and translate it to the stars that are light years away and ...
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Make a Model of the Night Sky
Just as we use maps to find your way around an unfamiliar city or town. We will use a star map to find our way around the night sky! Below are instructions for making a model of the night sky to help your children identify and locate the stars and constellations.
How many stars can we ...
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Puffy Paint: How To Make Puffy Paint
Young children love learning how to make puffy paint. The squishy-ness and the way it oozes just makes puffy paint an amazing experience for our littlest scientists!
Older students, even those taking high school biology, will learn about ionic bonds, polymers, and cross-linking in this activity. ...
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Awesome Science Activity – Extracting DNA from a Pumpkin
“Extracting DNA” sounds so advanced and challenging; something of forensic laboratories or a research lab.
But Extracting DNA from a strawberry, beans, pumpkins, or any fruit or vegetable is an easy and fascinating process.
If your child knows the term DNA, whether they are in upper ...
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Testing for Vitamin C with Iodine – Free Lesson Printables
In this experiment, we will test for vitamin C with iodine. We have conducted this experiment several times, repeated some liquids, and added new ones with each test.
Some of the juices we used included fresh lemon juice, Emergen-C® vitamin drink mix, store-bought orange juice, homemade pumpkin, ...
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28 Fascinating Red Panda Facts
Red Pandas are endearing and steal the show at our local science center. In June of 2022, the pair of red pandas at our local science became parents. It has been fun to visit and watch the veterinarian on staff examine and feed the cub. Let’s look at some red panda facts and get to know these ...
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