Fun Science activities for kids? Any Suggestions?
Hello everyone!
A little background to this post to help out with my question. I am a student ambassador for a program called S.T.E.M. ( Science. Technology. Engineering. Mathematics.) We work in local cities with schools and we help to increase the interest in the STEM disciplines. When we visit with the school we usually have an activity and information on how the activity is going to help them learn about a certain STEM field.
I am looking for more activities for our group to use. We usually have between 1 & 2 hours to do the activities and we have a decent financial backing. We visit classrooms with K-8 students so I would like them to be appropriate for those ages. So, if you have any ideas that you have see, please post them and if there is a website, video, or instructions that are related to it I would appreciate a link to them as well.
Thanks everyone!
Tags: Engineering, Math, Projects, STEM, Science, Teaching, Technology
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Permalink Reply by Jason Lamar Sorensen on -
No, I actually haven't seen this one before. Thanks for the info!
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Permalink Reply by Don on -
Here's an excellent one, Jason, just posted today: "Find the DNA in A Banana" from Scientific American.
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Permalink Reply by Jason Lamar Sorensen on
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This will be one of them that I test for sure next semester with our group. Thanks for the link!
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Permalink Reply by Jason Lamar Sorensen on
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We have a lot of the tornado tubes that use the water and just air, I haven't seen any of them with the oil like that! This is cool, thanks a lot.
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Permalink Reply by RockyTIJ on
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One of my favorites involves hands-on aerodynamics via "walkalong gliders" (aka "indoor slope soaring"). How-to at: http://sites.google.com/site/controllableslopesoaring/
Excellent introductory video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXZ352ErX_s
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Permalink Reply by Walter Maki on -
How about a functional volcano. Using the baking soda and vinegar (with red dye added) chemical reaction to make it erupt.
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Permalink Reply by Jason Lamar Sorensen on
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Thank you all for the suggestions, We will be trying a lot of them out this summer with some of the students!
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