Experimentskafferiet Summer Institute intro by Paul Doherty Welcome to the on-line companion to the Exploratorium Summer Institute for High School Physics teachers. Each Institute consist of a series of hands-on workshops taught at Exploratorium Exhibits and in classrooms using inexpensive versions of Exploratorium exhibits. Year 2004 was thetwenty-first year of Physics Summer Institutes. Each day begins with pastry, fruit and coffee. While we feed our bodies, we feed our minds too. We discuss questions of life, the universe and everything. We look for questions that students ask and for strategies to answer them. After we're fed, we head out to the floor of the Exploratorium to explore scientific phenomena at museum exhibits. Here teachers listen to sounds in The Sound Column After some time exploring exhibits, we return to the classroom to use inexpensive versions of Exploratorium exhibits known as, "Snacks" to explore the phenomena of science. Teachers use Scotch Magic Tape to explore electric charge. This material is in draft form!
9 Apps for Young Scientists · Playful Learning I am thrilled to have Rebecca from ThirteenRedShoes back with us today. She has a great list of app recommendations for the young scientists in our lives. Mariah asked me to put together a post on science apps available for children. Here are some great new apps that I have encountered recently. Please do leave the links to new applications in the area of science that you have found, as I would love to see more. Here are my top science finds for little ones ages four and above: Planets – This application, which is universal, therefore available for both iPhone and iPad, is very clever. Make sure to check out Rebecca’s other app recommendations in the posts below (click on the photo)… The name Thirteen Red Shoes came about a few years ago when Rebecca needed a business name quickly for some tutoring she was doing. Know someone else who would enjoy this activity?
Interactive 3D Simulations, Casestudy: Pearson Prentice Hall ForgeFX has been a proud content development partner for Pearson Education for over 10 years. Developing over 100 simulation-based training programs and applications, across a number of different subjects and curricula, ForgeFX helps Pearson Education deliver digital learning products that transform students from passive audience members, to active participants in the learning process. 3D Wave Simulator This real-time 3D wave simulator demonstrates the connection between wind speed and ocean particle motion depth. The application helps students visualize how waves are the forward movement of water, due to the oscillation of water particles by the frictional drag of wind over the surface. Water motion simulator helps students visualize how ocean waves work. Pheromone Communication Simulation This is 3D simulator demonstrates how ants use pheromones to communicate. Interactive 3D Communication Simulation. Interactive Eye Dissection Simulation Seismic Waves Simulator Simulation-Based Learning
5 Great Science Websites For Kids 1- Science Made FunScience Made Fun wants kids to love science by showing how fun science can be. The site is colorful and makes silly sounds as you move your mouse around the page. Kids can read science trivia, science jokes, and play science games. The site also has just over a dozen experiments that kids can perform in school or at home under the supervision of their parents. This site from the BBC offers information, games, and quizzes on a wide variety of scientific topics. The site is very simple to navigate with only three categories: Living Things, Materials, and Physical Process. EurekAlert is a science based site that offers a large collection of kid friendly, science based new articles. Love my Science offers a large selection of fun science experiments that can be performed safely at home or in school with everyday objects. Cells Alive is the place for students to go when learning about cells.
Access Excellence Activities-To-Go Enter a word in the above box and press the Search button, or press the Return key. The results of your search will be all activities which contain the word or combination of words you have entered. You may search for a whole or a part of a word. To see a description of any Content Standard of the National Science Education Standards (NSES) click on the title of the Content Standard. Game for science - Virtual world devoted to science Bubbles That Don't Pop - Unbreakable Bubble Recipe If you're tired of bubbles that pop as soon as you blow them, try this recipe for unbreakable bubbles! Now, it's still possible to break these bubbles, but they are much stronger than regular soap bubbles. Examples of bubbles that truly won't pop include plastic bubbles, which are essentially small balloons. This recipe makes bubbles using a sugar polymer to accomplish much the same result. Unbreakable Bubble Recipe 3 cups water 1 cup liquid dishwashing detergent (Joy is a good choice) 1/2 cup white corn syrup Simply stir the ingredients together to make the bubble solution. Glowing Bubbles If you break open a yellow highlighter and allow the ink to soak into the water, the resulting bubble solution and bubbles will glow under a black light. Bubble Clean Up As you might guess, these bubbles are sticky. Learn More How Bubbles WorkRegular Bubble Solution RecipeMake AntibubblesMake Frozen Bubbles
Fun science experiments and project ideas for kids - educational, exciting and safe