Soap And Pepper: An easy and interesting way to show your student the effects soap has on germs!
This project creates functional pulleys out of windmills. Supplies needed- paper, cups, yarn or string and rubber bands or tape or paper clips. Use the template provided to decorate and cut out a windmill. I had older students try and figure out how it works by just providing the materials and letting them work through how to engineer it from that.
This is an easy and fun project to do at home over a few days! All you need is a plastic bag, some dry beans or seeds (pumpkin are great because they grow fast and large), water and a paper towel. Tape it to a window and watch the seeds sprout!
Spaghetti and Marshmallow Challenge:
A fun challenge to do with kids. Try to have the student figure out ways to make the tower as high as possible without tipping over. With the following link you can learn to create the tallest spaghetti tower.
A video I showed for our segment in recycling, shows just how much waste is in the ocean and explains how currents work to move it around.
Top Ten Inventions made by kids!:
Inspiring youtube video about popular inventions created by children.
Another great invention by a student.
K/1 Computer challenges: The following links direct students to games that help improve rudimentary cimputer skills with a touchpad or mouse and keyboard. They are fun and easy to learn and you’ll be amazed by how quickly students can pick up on these skills when engaged.
Mouse games or Code.org are two of the best links I can provide on this. The Mouse games are great for computer coordination and code.org has many hours of learning to digest, with projects ranging from early readers to high school age programing.