Little Hands Science Sampler
A collection of fun science activities to try at home.
Station 1: Goo-ology
- Ooblek: Children and parents will investigate the properties (look, feel, smell, etc.) of a substance that isn't quite a solid or liquid. Recipe here.
- Explor-ick: Children and parents will investigate another substance that isn't quite a solid or liquid. Recipe here.
- Digestion: Children will observe a demonstration of “Digestion in a zipper bag.” Lesson plan available online.
- Compost: Children will investigate compost for signs of life, and describe what they find.
Station 2: Animals Around Us
- Cockroaches: Participants will be able to handle live insects, and discuss their lifestyles with volunteers. Cockroach FAQ.
- Camouflage: Children can handle furs, play camouflage games, and color camouflaged animal pictures.
- Skulls: Children can handle and observe animal skulls, and investigate the differences between meat-eaters, plant-eaters, and omnivores.
Station 3: Up, Up, and Away!
- Airplanes: Children can practice flying paper airplanes, and modify a plane to take with them.
- Cloud Races: Children can use a straw and a cotton ball to simulate wind blowing clouds.
- Floating and Falling: Using a fan and a cylinder, a vertical wind chamber will be created. Children and parents can use helicopter patterns, Dixie cups, and assorted paper materials to make items to test in the wind chamber.
