Magic sand is a new science experiment for us to learn and try out this week and it did not disappoint! What is Magic Sand? “To produce magic sand, companies start with standard sand, silicon dioxide, and then add a very thin layer of a chemical called trimethylhydroxysilane. This coating makes the sand hydrophobic, or […]
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This is always one of the coolest projects to do- making crystallized ornaments out of borax and pipe cleaners! For a fun Fall/Halloween edition, we turned our pipe cleaners into ghosts, pumpkins, and spiders. What kind of spooky or non-spooky ornament will you make? Tag me @playinquiremakelearn, I’d love to see your Halloween projects and feature
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This week we covered the cardiovascular system. We used quite a few resources to have some fun with our learning. We used flashcards to help learn the flow of blood to and from the heart, worked on activities to label the parts of the heart, used an app called TinyBop to review the heart and
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My youngest child loves animals! If he could, he would own and take care of every single animal that exists! He is such a caring and compassionate young individual and so when he told me one of his careers would be to become a veterinarian, I researched the web and found these Professional Starter Kits
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Are you looking for easy and fun Easter Egg activities to keep the kids occupied? Check out this FREE Activity packet that contains 7 S.T.E.A.M. Related activities for your kids to learn and engage with! This activity packet includes magnetic painting, carbon dioxide mini egg-plosions, creating a Lego race car that can support an Easter
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Do you love glow-in-the-dark crafts? If you answered YES, check out this awesome and spooky craft involving your choice of Halloween trinkets and glow-in-the-dark sticks! This craft is pretty cool and easy to make. The kids enjoyed going into the dark spaces and watching their creation. I wish I bought more ornament jars so my
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Have you ever poked a balloon with something sharp and it immediately popped? If you answered yes, keeping reading to find out how you can insert something sharp into a balloon and it won’t go “POP”! And if you haven’t already, check out these fun and awesome Witches and Wizards Brew and Flying Teabag Ghost
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This week we are having a blast completing the science portion of our STEAM experiments for Halloween. If you are following me on Facebook or Instagram, you’ll see daily posts on our “spooky” and fun activities. If you missed them, don’t worry! Check out the ones we did by clicking on these links: Wizards and
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Have you ever made a Density Tower before? If not, this is a MUST do! Not only is it educational, but it’s really cool to look at and explore different densities of liquids as well as weights of different objects that we drop into the density tower itself. For an even more cool effect, we
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Today’s science experiment was a twist off the classic experiment- Elephant Toothpaste. We made our own Halloween version and called it Skeleton Toothpaste! The kids had such a blast with this. They thought it was hilarious when I brought out a plastic skull head and told them to get a toothbrush (disclaimer: this isn’t real
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