Is it possible to put a plastic straw through a potato? Yes, with air pressure! Click here to read more about this investigation.
Can you blow up a balloon inside a water bottle? Click here to learn more about this fun investigation.
Every week during online learning, I give my scientists an outdoor challenge. In this activity, I encouraged them to draw a map of their properties or yards, adding as many details as possible. I showed them examples of maps that also included compass roses and keys. The next step was to hide a treasure of some kind, and then place an x on the map to indicate where it was hidden. Finally, the map was given to someone and he/she searched for the treasure using the map.
Fourth grade meteorologists are studying the water cycle.Watch the water cycle happen in a bag! The water will evaporate, condense, and fall as water droplets. Then the whole cycle will begin again. What starts the process? Click here to watch an informative video about the water cycle.
What will happen if you drop food coloring in jars or cups filled with cold water, room temperature water, and hot water? That was the question I posed to my third grade scientists during online thermal energy instruction. Click here to watch a video we used as our model.
During third grade’s online thermal energy unit, one of the homework choices was to design, construct, and test a solar oven. Click here for one example of a solar oven.
I want to share three devotionals that I am reading during my morning devotions. We all have more time to read now, so this is the perfect time to add something new to your quiet time with God.
I am reading the second book of Louie Giglio’s science devotions for kids. I learn something about creation every day! Your entire family will enjoy it. There are two books in this series, and I hope he writes another one!
How Great is Our God- 100 Indescribable Devotions about God and Science
Let’s join together and pray as a nation. If My People is a 40 day prayer guide for us to intercede for our nation. It’s a small, inexpensive paperback that is so powerful! I love the way that the author also weaves prayers from past presidents throughout the 40 days.
If My People… A 40 Day prayer Guide for Our Nation
I was given the next devotional several years ago and I just picked it up again. It is truly one of the best devotionals I have used. Although it begins in January, I just began on the date I started back in March. I look forward to the wisdom I gain through it each day.
New Morning Mercies – A Daily Gospel Devotional
Making crystals was one of the activity choices for my kindergarten geologists during their virtual lessons. Love the look of discovery! Click here to learn more.
I brought both aquatic and terrestrial snails home from the lab during quarantine. Click here to learn more about snails.
