Every week, Madison (my 11-year old daughter) and I teach a 1.5-hour afterschool science club for K-2nd graders. Each week she helps plan the lesson and then write the blog about what we did.
We have provided links to the books we used. We learned a lot of the science experiments and activities from Steve Spangler (awesome speaker and science guy extraordinaire). We have included links to his science supplies, experiments, and videos. These links take you away from the blog and to external websites.
Science of Oobleck
Science Standards Addressed:
- Identify and compare properties of pure substances and mixtures.
- Know that changes to matter may be chemical or physical and when two or more substances are combined, a new substance may be formed with properties that are different from those of the original substances.
- Describe properties of materials in different states – solid, liquid, and gas.
Plus we snuck in some speaking and listening standards like asking questions, expressing ideas, following multi-step directions, and participating in discussions.
As the children arrived we played the songs Green River, by Credence Clearwater Revival; and Stuck on You, by Elvis Presley. Green, sticky hints about the theme of the day!
Next we had a green snack that once again was a hint of the science to follow.
