The following science lessons are all from the website Science Kids and are great both for parents to do with their children at home and for teachers who are looking for easy-to-complete science activities in their classrooms!
1. Mixing Oil and Water
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"Some things just don't get along well with each other. Take oil and water as an example, you can mix them together and shake as hard as you like but they'll never become friends.....or will they? Take this fun experiment a step further and find out how bringing oil and water together can help you do your dishes." In this lesson, water, food coloring, cooking oil, and dish soap are used to teach kids about the ways that water molecules are attracted to other molecules. A classic science experiment!
2. Baking Soda & Vinegar Volcano
"Use baking soda and vinegar to create an awesome chemical reaction! Watch as it rapidly fizzes over the container and make sure you've got some towels ready to clean up." Another class science experiment, children use baking soda, vinegar, and a container to watch the chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar.
3. Make Your Own Quick Sand
"Quick sand is a fascinating substance, make some of your own and experiment on a safe scale. Amaze your friends by demonstrating how it works." In this simple lesson yet effective lesson, children will mix together cornflour and water to make their own "quicksand."
4. Rotting Food Lesson Plan
"We've probably all experienced a situation where some of our food has gone bad. Maybe we left it in our school bag or forgot to put in back in the fridge and now it doesn't look so safe to eat. Use this rotting food lesson plan and mold activity to teach kids about fungi, bacteria and more." This lesson includes great conversation starters with kids about why foods go bad, and it includes instructions for a "moldy bread activity."
5. Grow a Plant
"Learn about gardens and grow your own plants at the same time. Use this fun lesson plan to teach garden science for kids. Your students will enjoy learning about different types of plants as well as how to look after their own when they have finished making them." A great springtime activity! Planting and gardening is something that many children are interested in, so this lesson is a great way to get them excited about it!
6. Design & Build Lego Cars
"Students will have fun as they design and build a Lego car. This activity for kids will challenge their design skills as they try and build a vehicle that will fit they specific needs required of it. Use the lesson plan and help your students build some cool Lego cars while allowing scope for more challenges if you have motors or Lego Mindstorms equipment available." Another subject that many children are interested in! Kids are challenged to build Lego cars that are sleek and powerful, and they are then able to test out those cars on 'racetracks."
"Make glue with this fun chemistry activity for kids. Learn the basic science properties of glue and put your finished product to the test. Enjoy the fun ideas that this science lesson plan offers." What a fascinating science project! Children make glue (with an adult's help) using milk, vinegar, a sieve, and ammonia solution.
8. Fun Polymer Activity
"Learn the basics of polymers with this fun polymer activity and chemistry lesson plan. What makes a polymer
special? What do we use them for? Answer these questions and much more." In this lesson, a great
introduction to polymers, children conduct the "crazy putty experiment," where they will end up making a
product similar to Silly Putty! All that's needed is water, food coloring, PVA glue, and Borax.
"What goes up must come down right? Well try bending the rules a little with a cup of water that stays inside
the glass when held upside down. You'll need the help of some cardboard and a little bit of air pressure." It
may look like a magic trick, but it's real science! And all you need is a glass of water and a piece of
cardboard!
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10. Fun Bubble Activity
"Bubbles are easy to make and heaps of fun to play with. Enjoy these cool bubble activities and fun bubble lesson plan that will let kids make bubbles of all shapes and sizes." This fun lesson includes a bubble recipe that only includes things like dish soap and water. With homemade bubble solution and homemade bubble wands, kids can try out different techniques to make double bubbles, bubble domes, and bubble trumpets. They can even learn how to make bubbles with their hands!
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