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Curriculum suggestions for kitchen science...coop class, grades 1-3


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I'm working on a class for our coop, grades 1-3, and need suggestions for books/curriculum that others have found helpful.  In particular, I'd like it to be "real" science that explains the principles behind experiments, along with fun hands-on activities for this age level.  We would be doing the experiments as a group.

 

Any comments/suggestions would be much appreciated!

 

 

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I used one of the Adventures with Atoms and Molecules books a few years ago.. I think there are four of them and I had the first one. They're all easy experiments using household items, although we found that a few didn't work for us because the books are older. No film canisters in my house! That was fun. Just an FYI, each experiment starts with a question and the answer is always yes. Once they figured that out it took a bit of the fun away so I just stopped asking the question. 

 

We also used Fizz, Bubble and Flash which was fun. 

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I've never used it, but there's "Cooking & Science for Elementary Students" at Rainbow: http://www.rainbowresource.com/product/Cooking+%26amp%3B+Science+for+Elementary+Students/012176/a267399df7220a0f3dac05d9?subject=11&category=3348

 

The recipes talk about the concept to study and walks the student through making the observations needed. Each recipe has space to draw or write observations. It doesn't go very in depth for science concepts, but it does give the students experience with observing and cooking.

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