| Activity Ideas: The Volcano Materials: Food coloring, 1 tbsp baking soda, 1 c water, few drops of dish washing detergent, 1 c distilled vinegar, 12 ounce plastic bottle, newspaper to cover area, Directions: Stir 1 tbsp baking soda into 1/4c water and food colouring. And pour into plastic bottle. Add a few drops of dish soap. Put the bottle on the ground with newspapers underneath. Add 1/4c vinegar. Watch because it comes up quickly Another Volcano Place an empty baby food jar on a clean Styrofoam tray. Surround the jar with play dough to look like a volcano/mountain. Place a drop of red food coloring and a tablespoon of baking soda in the jar. Then add vinegar to your volcano to make it erupt. Rainbows Materials: Shallow Dish, Milk, Food Coloring, Liquid Dish Soap Directions: Place milk in a shallow dish and add drops of several different food colors around the dish. Add a drop of liquid dish soap and watch what happens! Interesting chemical reaction! Home made Silly Putty This can be a wonderful sensory exploration activity for preschoolers and up. Add equal parts of white glue and liquid starch to a small bowl. 1/2 a cup of each is good to start with. Liquid starch can be found at your local grocery store . Mix with hands or a plastic spoon and let sit over night, Doesn't have to be thoroughly mixed. Mix again the next day to desired consistency. The mix, if left in your hands, can be runny or stringy so supervise young children at first. Goop Materials: 1 cup cornstarch, half a cup water, food coloring Directions: Mix all ingredients into a swallow basin. Great for squeezing through your hands. You can change the consistency by adding more water, then more cornstarch. Pretty in Pink Put a white carnation in a cup of red water (water with red food coloring) over a few days the carnation will begin to turn red, and continue turning as long as it is in the water. Dancing Raisins Materials: Raisins, Clear carbonated pop Directions: Pour the pop into a clear jar. Place a couple of raisins in the jar and watch what happens. Rubber Egg Submerse a raw egg in a cup full of white vinegar for 48 hours. The vinegar will dissolve the egg shell and leave the membrane of the egg intact. You can lift the rubber egg out of the vinegar and see how it can bounce. Be careful if it breaks, it’s messy! Static Electricity Materials: Balloons, String, Felt-tip markers (permanent), Adhesive tape, and a Wool cloth Directions: Although this activity is an excellent teacher demonstration, students will gain more from the opportunity to make and experiment with their own balloon "admirers." Inflate a balloon and draw a face on it with a permanent marker. (Caution: some types of permanent marker may weaken the balloon and cause it to pop.) Tie off the balloon and suspend it from a doorway or ceiling using tape and string. The balloon should hang at the level of your head when you stand on the floor. Rub the face of the balloon with a wool cloth. The balloon will now face you and move toward you whenever you approach it. You now have an admirer! Invisible Ink Using a cotton swap or paint brush, let children write messages or paint designs on white typing paper with lemon juice. Let dry. The adult is to hold the paper close to a light bulb until the writing becomes visible by turning brown. |
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