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This activity is about observing that some animals can be camouflaged on different surfaces. Discuss with the children what protective coloring means and explain that many animals need to hide to protect themselves. Introduce the word camouflage and ...
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This activity is about observing an abandoned spiderweb. Take a walk to look for spiderwebs and caution children not to touch if the web has spiders but to observe the movement of the spider. If no spiders, spray the web with water to make it easier ...
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This activity focuses on making a giant spiderweb out of yarn. Discuss the different spiderwebs investigated earlier and let the children know they will be building and testing a giant spiderweb. Encourage children to describe how they think spiders ...
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This activity is about observing birds in the environment. Take the children for a walk around the school looking for birds. Taking pictures of the birds observed can greatly enhance the activity. After the walk, ask children to describe and draw pic...
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This activity is about attracting birds to the school yard. The children put out empty milk cartons with food and place a pencil or wood dowel through small holes cut into the sides of the carton. Birds will be able to perch on the dowel and reach in...
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This activity is about using different materials to build a bird nest. Before starting, share books about different types of birds’ nests and discuss the many different materials, locations, sizes, and shapes. Children will choose materials and be...
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This activity is about looking through empty cups and water-filled cups to see how things appear. Give each child an empty cup and one half-filled with water. Ask them to look through their cups at each other and at objects around the room. Have chil...
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This activity is about discovering that water evaporates. On a sunny day, give children buckets of water and wide paintbrushes for painting the outside tables and benches. Have them to also paint something that’s in the shade. Encourage them to not...
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This activity is for finding out which items absorb water and which do not. Give each child a variety of items to experiment with to see what happens when they put some water on them. Use the word absorb when discussing with the children what they fo...
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This activity is for finding out what happens when various foods are placed in colored water. Have a variety of vegetables available and let each child select one to put in water to see what happens. After a few hours or longer of soaking, let the ch...
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This activity is for discovering what happens when different materials are mixed with water. Give children five cups, each filled halfway with water. Show them the materials you have—sand, salt, sugar, flour, pepper—and explain that they are goin...
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This activity is for finding out how drops of different liquids behave. Give the children each a piece of waxed paper and ask them to try dropping a small amount of water onto their paper in order to make drops. Ask children to describe what they fou...
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This activity is for finding out what happens when materials stay in water for a long time. Give children an egg carton and let them put water in each compartment. Then choose different items for each compartment and predict which items will change. ...
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This activity is for making and testing different bubble makers. Put out materials listed and ask children how they could use the materials to create a bubble maker. Children love making bubbles! They will test all the materials you make available. E...
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This activity is for making things with sand and water. At a sand table or in a sandbox, let the children begin by exploring dry sand and then add water to the sand. Wet sand allows children to try out many more ideas than dry sand does. Encourage th...