cougarmom4 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I'm looking to start a little science club for 3rd & 4th graders and I need help with a few ideas. Will any of you brainstorm with me? :bigear: I did this a few years ago and used the curriculum from ClubZoom (remember the PBS kids show Zoom?), but I need a few fresh ideas that are a little more exciting...we'll do a film canister rocket, build a hovercraft. I tend to lean towards the engineering type of science, but it doesn't necessarily need to be so. Basically my plan is to do some fun, hands-on things that will get them excited about science, introduce the background info, let their minds think, let them have something tangible to take home & tell family about...plus I'd like it to be not too expensive and not too messy. Have any of you done any science activities/experiments that have gone over really well with your kids that you might recommend? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 The egg sucked into the bottle trick went over REAL WELL at our co-op class my dh and I taught. Here's a video of it. (We didn't have a flask. I just found a bottle at the grocery store with a small enough opening and used it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Well, these are a bit messy, but we did slime science, bubbles, and dry ice investigations that were HUGE hits. http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/GEMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougarmom4 Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 The egg sucked into the bottle trick went over REAL WELL at our co-op class my dh and I taught. Thanks! This website has a lot of great ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougarmom4 Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 Well, these are a bit messy, but we did slime science, bubbles, and dry ice investigations that were HUGE hits. www.lawrencehallofscience.org/GEMS Ooohh..these look like a lot of fun. Do you order straight from this website or can you get them other places? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Ooohh..these look like a lot of fun. Do you order straight from this website or can you get them other places? Thanks! I've ordered from the website, but I've also seen them (also on-line) at some science companies, and every once in a blue moon will see them at a used bookstore or the like. Easiest to do the website, I think. And they are a LOT of fun! The ones I mentioned have relatively little supply-hunting, are fairly inexpensive, and produce hours of fascinated, absorbed kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 :bigear: Great thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spradlin02 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 ***Nurturing Inquiry: Real Science... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0325001359/ref=oss_product Inventing, Inventions, and Inventors... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0872877477/ref=oss_product Challenge Boxes... http://www.amazon.com/Challenge-Boxes-Projects-Creative-Thinking/dp/086651130X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282241539&sr=1-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougarmom4 Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 I just found a website that has some links to great engineering and science activities. I realize I'm the one who started the thread, so I'm answering my own question...but maybe someone out there would be interested in checking this out: http://content.asce.org/asceville/resources.html#educators There are ideas from DesignSquad and BuildingBig, apparently two shows from pbs that I know nothing about...but I love how they have these activity guides all laid out and I just need to print them up, gather the supplies, and let the kids have at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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