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3-12-01I use a large wardrobe box, and have the children help paint the inside of it. Once the paint is dry, I poke small holes in the top of the box and insert Christmas tree lights. The "stars" sparkle and glow to the delight of the children!
1-11-01Creating Your Own Night Sky. Materials: Plastic or Styrofoam cup a pencil or screw driver paint (various colors) a flashlight Have the children paint the cup then have the teacher poke various holes all over the cup.. then stick the flashlight inside the cup and turn it on.. (make sure you are in a dark room) have the cup facing the ceiling so the light reflects off the ceiling.
11-5-00Make Slime Very simple recipe. 1 standard cup Lux soap flakes to 2 Liters of warm water Add a bit of food colouring for extra interest. A mix of 4 cups of Lux flakes with 8 Litres of warm water will make a good sized mix for a group of children to play with. The first day you make the mix it will be runny like water. Leave it overnight and when you see it again it will have set to a jelly consistency. The children will be amazed at the change (it amazed me!) The best thing is if the children do spill any on themselves it is just soap and comes out in the wash without a problem. Have Fun! Christine, Perth W.A.
5-8-00Milky Way Galaxies Large coffee can black construction paper to fit inside ping pong ball white paint mixed with Elmer's glue Stars Have children put black paper inside of the coffee can. Submerge ping pong ball in paint, spoon ball into can, put top on can, and shake the can. (the children love this part) Once they are finished shaking, they remove the paper, and place stars into their galaxy before paint/glue dries. These are beautiful, and reinforce the idea of the Milky Way.
5-8-00Lite Brite Constellations Everyone seems to have a Lite Brite so if you do you can easily make constellations. I punch out the design of well known constellations, also ones that are on a poster in front of the lite brite. Once the children do this activity, you can allow them to make their own constellations. It's fun to hear what they would name their own constellations.
Date: 4-10-00Tie yarn at one end to a washer and the other end to a Popsicle stick. Tell the children the stick is the Sun and the washer is a planet. Discuss how the planets orbit the sun. Have the children spin their yarn to depict the planets rotating the sun.
Date: 4-5-00You need a large box lid (such as a shirt box) Cover the bottom entirely with black construction paper. Have the children pin-dot glue and then sprinkle glitter on the glue for "stars". Next we took modeling clay, and using proper dimensions, made each of the planets with a different color (sun=yellow, earth = green, Uranus = blue, etc.) and of the proper proportionate size. Put the modeling clay planets right on the black paper and stars. It is a neat project and one that really impresses both the kids and the parents.
Date: 1-15-00Outer space "telescopes": Using the cardboard inner tube from paper towels, place two layers of black tissue paper (dark blue will do in a pinch but isn't as good) over one end of the tube and fasten with a rubber band or tape. Using a straightened out paper clip, poke holes in the tissue paper (quite a few holes are needed and this is something the children enjoy doing). When you look into the open end of the tube and point it up toward a light or window, it looks as though you're seeing a galaxy with lots of "stars". It really works! ideaI placed inexpensive hair gel into a Ziploc bag. I also put glitter and stars in the bag. I then placed another bag over it and glued it shut. They were placed on the science table and the children loved them. Date: 10-14-99
Date: 8-13-99Moon dust: flour with a little black or gray chalk powder, kids love the texture, but it gets a bit messy. Balloon rockets: suspend a string across the room, attach a long balloon to a straw and thread it onto the string. let go and watch it zoom. Younger preschoolers also enjoy letting the balloon go without attaching it to anything. Another way is to get the paper cone water cups and an air pump. Children can set the cup on the nozzle and watch it fly up in the air as they pump. |
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