Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Valentine Science Project
For A Valentine's science idea use white carnations and mix up red food coloring and water. Cut the stem to fit in your vase and then cut a vertical X in the base of the stem and place the flowers in the red water. The next day it will already be turning a light red color and will keep changing. It is exciting to see the flowers change colors!
Nutrition Science Project
Ritz Mock Apple Pie
Pastry for two-crust 9-inch pie 36 RITZ Crackers, coarsely broken (about 1 3/4 cups crumbs)
1 3/4 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons lemon juice Grated peel of one lemon
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
1. Roll out half the pastry and line a 9-inch pie plate. Place cracker crumbs in prepared crust; set aside.
2. Heat water, sugar and cream of tartar to a boil in saucepan over high heat; simmer for 15 minutes. Add lemon juice and peel; cool.
3. Pour syrup over cracker crumbs. Dot with margarine or butter; sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll out remaining pastry; place over pie. Trim, seal and flute edges. Slit top crust to allow steam to escape.
4. Bake at 425 F for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is crisp and golden. Cool completely.Makes 10 servings
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION per serving413 calories, 3 g protein, 63 g carbohydrate, 17 g total fat, 3 g saturated fat, 339 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber. Preparation Time: 45 mins.Cook Time: 30 mins.Cooling Time: 3 hrs. Total Time: 4 hrs. 15 mins.
OR if you don’t have time to do the pie, teach your child about the workings of a refrigerator. To find out for yourself so you can explain it to your child go to: http://home.howstuffworks.com/refrigerator.htm (CTRL + click to follow link)
In this experiment the crackers will end up tasting and looking like apples. Cool trick.
Pastry for two-crust 9-inch pie 36 RITZ Crackers, coarsely broken (about 1 3/4 cups crumbs)
1 3/4 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons lemon juice Grated peel of one lemon
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
1. Roll out half the pastry and line a 9-inch pie plate. Place cracker crumbs in prepared crust; set aside.
2. Heat water, sugar and cream of tartar to a boil in saucepan over high heat; simmer for 15 minutes. Add lemon juice and peel; cool.
3. Pour syrup over cracker crumbs. Dot with margarine or butter; sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll out remaining pastry; place over pie. Trim, seal and flute edges. Slit top crust to allow steam to escape.
4. Bake at 425 F for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is crisp and golden. Cool completely.Makes 10 servings
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION per serving413 calories, 3 g protein, 63 g carbohydrate, 17 g total fat, 3 g saturated fat, 339 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber. Preparation Time: 45 mins.Cook Time: 30 mins.Cooling Time: 3 hrs. Total Time: 4 hrs. 15 mins.
OR if you don’t have time to do the pie, teach your child about the workings of a refrigerator. To find out for yourself so you can explain it to your child go to: http://home.howstuffworks.com/refrigerator.htm (CTRL + click to follow link)
In this experiment the crackers will end up tasting and looking like apples. Cool trick.
My Body machine Science Project
Science Activity
Take a long piece of paper approx. 4 ft long. Have your child lay down on the paper and trace around their whole body.
Then use a sponge for the brain and glue it on the paper.
Use spaghetti for bones,
rubber bands for muscles,
kidneys beans for kidneys,
string egg carton cups together for the spine,
balloon for the heart.
Use a rolled up piece of paper for the esophagus,
sponges for the lungs,
yarn for intestines.
Draw the eyes, nose, mouth, and hair then have the children name their person. This is a great way to talk about body parts and their functions.
Take a long piece of paper approx. 4 ft long. Have your child lay down on the paper and trace around their whole body.
Then use a sponge for the brain and glue it on the paper.
Use spaghetti for bones,
rubber bands for muscles,
kidneys beans for kidneys,
string egg carton cups together for the spine,
balloon for the heart.
Use a rolled up piece of paper for the esophagus,
sponges for the lungs,
yarn for intestines.
Draw the eyes, nose, mouth, and hair then have the children name their person. This is a great way to talk about body parts and their functions.
Emotions Pizza
Science:
Cooking. Make pizza dough and create faces to show different emotions out of the toppings. Bake the pizza and enjoy!
Cooking. Make pizza dough and create faces to show different emotions out of the toppings. Bake the pizza and enjoy!
Cauldron Bubbles
What you will need:
Clear glasses
water
oil
salt
sugar
sand
You can make different objects fall and rise in water. You can do this with bubbles of oil too!
Directions:
Fill a glass half full of water.
Add about a half-inch of oil. The oil will float on top because it is less dense than the water.
Pour in some salt. What do you see?
When you pour in the salt, it brings a bubble of oil down with it. The salt and the oil together are more dense than the water, so they sink. When the salt dissolves in the water, the oil floats back to the top because now it is less dense than the water.
See if you can make cauldron bubbles with different materials. Try sugar and sand.
Make predictions about what you think will happen with each different material.
Clear glasses
water
oil
salt
sugar
sand
You can make different objects fall and rise in water. You can do this with bubbles of oil too!
Directions:
Fill a glass half full of water.
Add about a half-inch of oil. The oil will float on top because it is less dense than the water.
Pour in some salt. What do you see?
When you pour in the salt, it brings a bubble of oil down with it. The salt and the oil together are more dense than the water, so they sink. When the salt dissolves in the water, the oil floats back to the top because now it is less dense than the water.
See if you can make cauldron bubbles with different materials. Try sugar and sand.
Make predictions about what you think will happen with each different material.
Bug House
– Bug House
Use a 2 ltr soda bottle, glass jar, little aquarium or old fishtank. Add dirt, sticks, a little grass, rocks and leaves. Have the kids help with suggestions of what a bug would like to have in their home. You can have your husband catch a few insects and put in the habitat or go to Petsmart and buy a couple of insects for the kids to watch. Place some fruit inside for them to eat. Have the kids watch them for a day and release them the next day.
Use a 2 ltr soda bottle, glass jar, little aquarium or old fishtank. Add dirt, sticks, a little grass, rocks and leaves. Have the kids help with suggestions of what a bug would like to have in their home. You can have your husband catch a few insects and put in the habitat or go to Petsmart and buy a couple of insects for the kids to watch. Place some fruit inside for them to eat. Have the kids watch them for a day and release them the next day.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Dinosaur Science
Play Dough Fossils-
Many fossils were created by an animal or vegitation making an imprint on damp soil. This soil then hardened over time. Create fossils with play dough by allowing the children to press the dinosaurs feet into play dough. Compare the tracks left in the dough.
Search for fossils in the sand table/box. Hide the pasta in the sand and ask the children to look for the dinosaur fossils (pasta).
Many fossils were created by an animal or vegitation making an imprint on damp soil. This soil then hardened over time. Create fossils with play dough by allowing the children to press the dinosaurs feet into play dough. Compare the tracks left in the dough.
Search for fossils in the sand table/box. Hide the pasta in the sand and ask the children to look for the dinosaur fossils (pasta).
Bug Science
Science Activities
1. Get an ant farm and let your kids watch them build their many tunnels.
2. Bury (to the rim) several containers of food in the ground. Put a piece of cardboard on top of the container. In some containers put foods that will attract bugs. In others put foods that won't. Before you put them out ask the children to suggest which foods they think the bugs will like. Check back later and see if the children are right.
3. Get magnifying glasses and look at the bugs in your yard/neighborhood. Have a clipboard and crayons and let your child draw what they see. Keep a bug book.
1. Get an ant farm and let your kids watch them build their many tunnels.
2. Bury (to the rim) several containers of food in the ground. Put a piece of cardboard on top of the container. In some containers put foods that will attract bugs. In others put foods that won't. Before you put them out ask the children to suggest which foods they think the bugs will like. Check back later and see if the children are right.
3. Get magnifying glasses and look at the bugs in your yard/neighborhood. Have a clipboard and crayons and let your child draw what they see. Keep a bug book.
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