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Category: Science

  • Thomas Edison Books

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    For all of you homeschoolers, did you know Thomas Edison was homeschooled? Before our trip to Fort Myers to visit the winter homes of Edison and Ford we decided to study Edison during our science time.  These were some of our favorite books. Time For Kids Thomas Edison Thomas A. Edison Young Inventor Thomas Edison for…

  • Field Trip: The Edison & Ford Estate

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    I had remembered loving the Edison/Ford estate as a child and was really excited to take my kids.  It is still as wonderful as I remembered.  You can’t help but be inspired by Edison’s constant curiosity and desire to invent and push forward progress.  You are able to tour Edison and Ford’s homes, Edison’s lab,…

  • A Lesson in Soil

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    There are so many different angles you can take with this science project.  The project itself is constructed out of recycled plastic.  It teaches water filtration, erosion, and the need for leave no trace when hiking.  You will need scissors, three 2 liter soda bottles, 3 small water bottles, grass seeds (we used rye grass),…

  • Oxygen?

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      We know that fires need oxygen to breathe.  You can use this principal to test if oxygen is being released from a chemical reaction.  All you need is a chemical reaction, a wood ember, and something to light the ember with. For our chemical reaction we used hydrogen peroxide and activated charcoal.  We lit…

  • How to Make a Cartesian Diver

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    Cartesian Divers are fun to make and usually fascinate kids.  When you squeeze the bottle you reduce the volume.  As a result the air in the straw compresses.  This results in the straw clay contraption going up and down.   Our Cartesian Diver in Action  MVI_7786

  • Field Trip: Swamp Tromping

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    With out a doubt our visit to Grassy Waters to “swamp tromp” has been one of my very favorite field trips.  If you are able to make it to Palm Beach County this is a very worthwhile activity.  The tour is about two hours long and such an amazing adventure.  Our guide Sam taught us…

  • Let It Snow

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    It is looking a lot like winter in sunny south Florida!  We made these wonderful gel cling snowflakes to put on our windows.  They are so easy to make.  All you need is t-shirt paint and kitchen parchment.  If you want very fancy snowflakes you can print snowflakes, place them under the parchment and trace…

  • Are Our Safe Playgrounds A Problem?

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    I love this article because it echoes the wisdom of  veteran educators. Link to New York Times Article I taught for several years at a school that had many teachers with over thirty years teaching experience.  I loved talking to a wonderful kindergarten teacher in the classroom next to me because she had taught long…

  • The WOW Factor!

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    Sometimes you just need to simply spice things up.  You need a science experiment that has pizazz.    This is a great simple experiment that gets oohs and awes.  You simply take a very small piece of magnesium sheeting. Think 2 cm x 2cm and hold it with wooden tongs over a bun-son burner.  It…

  • An “Eggcellent” Experiment

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    This is a series of really fun experiments with nothing more than an egg, vinegar, clear corn syrup, and water.  I like to write and display the kids hypothesis’ with each step because they usually vary greatly.  In the first step of the experiment we place a raw egg with shell in a jar of…