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This activity is for observing shadows and how they change. Take children outside on a sunny day and ask them to look at the ground next to where they are standing to see what they can see. As soon as someone notices…
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This activity is for observing that different objects make shadows of different shapes and sizes. Ask students to find the object that is making a shadow and to describe and compare the object with its shadow. When…
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This activity focuses on discovering that on cloudy days, there may not be enough sunlight to cause shadows. If the clouds are intermittent, the shadows may come and go, but on an overcast day there may be no shadows at…
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What Is the Weather Like Today?
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This activity focuses on observing and naming different kinds of weather. In the activity, children go outside to determine the weather. Back inside the classroom, their findings are recorded on a weather chart. The…
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The focus of this activity is on helping children begin to see that tracks and traces can tell stories about things that have not been seen. Let children describe the different tracks they made in the snow, encouraging…
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This activity focuses on exploring the properties of snow and how snow can change into liquid water. Have the children pack snow into plastic cups so the cups are full of snow. Challenge children to try to determine how…
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This activity is about discovering how coats keep things warm and uses water bottles to show what coats do for us. One bottle is wrapped in a cloth or newspaper coat and the other bottle is left as is. Children will…
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This activity is for exploring magnetic and nonmagnetic objects. Give each child identical magnets and ask them to test some of the objects provided to find out which ones are attracted to magnets. This should help…
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This activity focuses on the use of magnets and finding magnetic items in the classroom. Give each child a magnet and have them go around the room and find objects that are attracted by their magnet. Activity may be…
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Magnetic Force Through Objects
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This activity focuses on exploring the magnetic force through objects by placing magnets in a small box. Slowly move the box about a half-inch above a pile of paper clips and watch the paper clips attach to the bottom…
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This activity uses a magnet to push another magnet through a maze. Discuss how a magnet can pull or push another magnet and give each child a “Magnet Maze” sheet and two magnets. Briefly demonstrate using one magnet to…
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The Magnet Contest: Which Magnet is Stronger?
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This activity is for testing the strength of different magnets. Use a pile of paper clips for children to explore with. As they begin picking up paper clips with their magnets, they will see that some magnets can pick…
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This activity is about collecting rocks. Take the children on a rock hunt and ask them to select three rocks to put in their bags. Once back inside, have each child choose one rock to show to the others and describe…
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This activity is about exploring rocks. Put out a box of rocks and let children explore, observe, and compare rocks, matching them by shape, size, and color. Encourage children to use magnifiers as they observe. A…
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This activity focuses on comparing objects using a balance. Introduce children to the balance by putting identical objects of equal weight on the two sides of the balance. Then give children time to explore by putting…
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