| Wow! “Why did that happen?” “Can we do more?” These are the kinds of comments teachers hear when they use exciting adventures to introduce their students to the “magic” of science. All the activities are based on sound scientific principles that help youngsters develop scientific awareness and appreciation. Complete lessons and objectives are included in each book. |
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Matter
- What’s Cooking?
- Identifying Matter by Sound and Feel
- Identifying Matter by Smell
- Identifying Matter by Taste
- Identifying Matter by Touch
- From Solid to Liquid
- From Liquid to Gas
- From Gas to Liquid
- Dance of the Molecules
- Liquid + Solid = Gas
- Food + Oxygen = Oxidation
- Chemical Magic
- Taste Chemical Changes
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Insects
- Going on an Insect Hunt
- Is This an Insect?
- Mealworms
- Ants
- Butterflies
- Silkworms
- Going on a Bee Hunt
- Imaginary Insect Zoo: Culminating Activity
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The Human Body
- Look at My Teeth
- Look Into My Eyes
- Control Center — The Brain
- Muscle Power
- Dem Bones
- How Do We Breathe?
- This is Your Heart
- Where Does Food Go?
- Moving Out
- Nutrition and You
- This is My Body
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Stars & Planets
- Me and My Shadow
- Making a Sundial
- What Shape Is the Moon Tonight?
- Moon Shapes
- The Moon in Motion
- Star Patterns
- Pictures in the Sky
- The Big Bear
- More About the Dipper
- Scale Model of the Planets
- Scale Model of the Solar System
- Making a Comet
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Magnets & Electricity
- Magnets Lessons
- Light Bulbs and Batteries Lessons
- Electric Circuits Lessons
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Plants
- Is This a Seed?
- Can You Match This?
- Making Pictures from Seeds
- What’s Inside a Seed?
- Where Do Seeds Come From?
- How Do Seeds Grow?
- How Do Plants Grow?
- How Does Your Garden Grow?
- Let’s Experiment with Plants
- Leaf Rubbings
- Cloning Plants
- Flower Power
- Coloring Plants
- Taking in Water and Minerals
- Let’s Make a Flower
- Making a Plant Journal
- The Importance of Bees
- Looking at Bees
- The Story of the Honeybee — Honeybee Colony Simulation (Play)
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Rocks & Minerals
- An Ant’s Eye View of Soil
- Let’s Eat Dirt
- Mini-Rocks
- Earth’s Layers
- Cracked Earth
- Walk Through the Rock Cycle
- Shifting Crust
- Rock or Mineral?
- Homemade Rocks
- Minerals
- Crystal Creations
- Culminating Activity
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Weather
- Watching the Weather
- How Do Thermometers Work?
- Graphing the Weather
- Building a Weather Vane
- Let’s Go Fly a Kite
- What Is a Cloud?
- Where Is the Water Vapor?
- Dew Point
- Sling Psychrometer
- Where Does Water Vapor Come From?
- What Are Those Clouds?
- How Are Clouds Formed?
- What Are Weather Fronts?
- Air Pressure
- Investigating Density of Air
- Hurricanes
- Winds and Hurricanes (Coriolis Effect)
- Tracking a Hurricane (Class Project)
- Weather On the Internet
- Our Weather Report
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