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Preschool Chemistry: Fun with Vinegar and Baking Soda - Child Central Station
For some early childhood professionals, the mention of the word "chemistry" or even "science" makes them cringe. Some shy away from these types of explorations because of the fear they hold in regard to the subject. Science really does not have to be scary.
http://childcentralstation.com/2013/03/preschool-chemistry-fun-with-vinegar-and-baking-soda.html
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Elephant's Toothpaste - Fun With Catalysts - Navigating By Joy
'Elephant’s toothpaste' is a wonderful illustration of the power of a catalyst to speed up a reaction. It’s also very cool, and anything that shows kids how cool science is worth doing, right?
http://www.navigatingbyjoy.com/2013/02/16/elephants-toothpaste-fun-with-catalysts/
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Rainbow Jar - Playdough To Plato
Science for kids ages 2 and up. We love fun kids’ science and this easy activity is one of our favorites. With just a few common household ingredients like dish soap and honey, little scientists can actually pour a rainbow in a jar. There’s no need for any leprechaun magic - just 100% kid-friendly science.
http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/rainbow-jar-st-patricks-day/
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Celery Experiment, Learn How Plants Absorb Water in this Kids Science Project
Toddler Science: The Celery Experiment: Learn How Plants Absorb Water and Grow with this fun science project.
http://www.teaching-tiny-tots.com/toddler-science-celery-experiment.html
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Glowing Science Kids Activity | Growing A Jeweled Rose
We have been sharing super fun GLOWING activities all week long, but this next one takes the cake. Rosie and Jewel love baking soda and vinegar Science, and this activity really took the magic of this loved activity to a whole new level.
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/01/glowing-science-kids-activity.html
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Snow Storm in a Jar | Growing A Jeweled Rose
Rosie loved the snow storm in a jar activity that we did last year. Given that we just got a real snow storm I decided to recreate it. This is a fun Winter activity and great opportunity to talk about and discuss a bit of weather Science.
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/12/snow-storm-in-jar_9.html
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Shoe-box Maze Experiment
The following experiment is a fun and easy way to see the effects of phototropism on a plant by making it complete your own maze
http://herbarium.desu.edu/pfk/page11/page12/page13/page13.html
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Colour Mixing - Sweet Wrapper Science - Kids Craft Room
This Colour Mixing - Sweet Wrapper Science Experiment is great fun for the kids and a super way to make good use of sweetie wrappers.
http://kidscraftroom.com/sweet-wrapper-science/
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How to Make Egg Geodes with Borax | TinkerLab
Learn how to make your own egg geodes experiment from egg shells and a few common kitchen ingredients. This would be a lot of fun for a science fair.
http://tinkerlab.com/experiment-egg-geodes
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Rock Candy Experiment | Growing A Jeweled Rose
Making rock candy at home is really easy and lots of fun! This activity is a beautiful Science experiment and a yummy treat all in one. My kids LOVED checking on their jars each day to see if the rock crystals had grown. Here is an easy tutorial for how we conducted our rock candy experiment.
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2015/02/rock-candy-experiment.html
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Lava Lamps -Summer Fun- - .
I found a fun, cheap, and easy project in Family Fun magazine about making Lava Lamps with things you already have in your house.
http://slsmithphotography.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/06/lava-lamps-summer-fun.html
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Flower Experiment for Kids | Growing A Jeweled Rose
We first did this experiment using roses when Rosie was a toddler. Now that Rosie and Jewel are older I was excited to revisit this experiment again, this time with a different flower variety so that we could compare our results.
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2012/02/transform-those-valentines-day-flowers.html
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Ocean in a Bottle with 3 Simple Ingredients - Happy Hooligans
This simple science activity requires only 3 kitchen ingredients, and the results are gorgeous and fascinating! Makes a great "calm down" bottle too!
http://happyhooligans.ca/ocean-in-bottle
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Fizzy Balloons
This was definitely one of the boys’ favorite experiments from our Fascinating Science for Kids eBook (that is currently FREE). We used up almost a whole bag of balloons and a whole bottle of vinegar doing this over and over and over again. I’m not complaining…I was equally as fascinated by this phenomenon!
http://www.icanteachmychild.com/fizzy-balloons/
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Dancing Frankenworms - Playdough To Plato
Activity for ages 2 to 5. This simple kids’ science activity is perfect for little mad scientists who like seeing creatures come alive before their eyes. Like our fizzing popsicle paint and magic balloons, this kids’ science experiment uses baking soda and vinegar to make gummy worms dance.
http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/kids-science-dancing-frankenworms/
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Kitchen Craft: Soap Clouds! {And homemade kiddie tub soaps}
We call these "Soap Clouds." Where are all of our chemical engineers? I need to know why every awesome science project involving soap, hinges on the use of Ivory soap. Thoughts?
http://ourbestbites.com/2012/04/kitchen-craft-soap-clouds-and-homemade-kiddie-tub-soaps/
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TORNADO IN A JAR DIY - elliemoon
A tornado in a jar. You will need: a jar, water and a small squeeze of dish soap, that's it now get ready to shake.
http://elliemoon.typepad.com/blog/2012/02/tornado-in-a-jar-diy.html
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Magic Milk Paint
These magic milk colors have been on our to-do list for a long time (like ever since I first got on Pinterest long). I’m sure you can tell by the photo above, this project is the perfect mix of art, science, and fun.
http://modernparentsmessykids.com/we-tried-it-milk-colors/
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Rain Clouds in a Jar {Experiment} | Growing A Jeweled Rose
Here is an easy to set up Science experiment that the kids will love. We have made rain clouds in a jar a few times in the past, and the girls love this activity more each time we revisit it.
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2014/02/rain-clouds-in-jar-experiment.html
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Teach Them To Fly: Erupting Rainbows and Pots of Gold!
What a busy day! We started it off with a really fun science activity in which we made an erupting rainbow!
http://frozenintime81.blogspot.com/2014/03/erupting-rainbows-and-pots-of-gold.html
