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Edible Egg Geodes
This will be the last science post until after the easter holidays. So, here is a fun spring-themed crystal growing project.
Edible Egg Geodes
This will be the last science post until after the easter holidays. So, here is a fun spring-themed crystal growing project.
You will need:
✅A flexible ice tray, cake pop tray or small easter egg mold. (You can use clean half egg shells as molds if you don't have one).
✅ Plain chocolate (about 200g)
✅ Lots of caster sugar
✅ Food colouring
✅ Saucepan
✅ Bowl
✅ Cup
✅A flexible ice tray, cake pop tray or small easter egg mold. (You can use clean half egg shells as molds if you don't have one).
✅ Plain chocolate (about 200g)
✅ Lots of caster sugar
✅ Food colouring
✅ Saucepan
✅ Bowl
✅ Cup
1. Fill your ice tray with water 4 times. Pour this water into a cup and set it to one side.
2. Dry the tray thoroughly.
2. Dry the tray thoroughly.
#ScienceLessonAtHome of the day.
A Mazing Plant
Learn about sensitivity in living things by getting a plant to grow through a maze. 🧵
It will give the plant (and your kids) something more interesting to do than just staring mournfully out of the window.
A Mazing Plant
Learn about sensitivity in living things by getting a plant to grow through a maze. 🧵
It will give the plant (and your kids) something more interesting to do than just staring mournfully out of the window.
You will need:
✅ A shoebox (or box of similar size)
✅ Card
✅Scissors
✅Sellotape
✅ A small plastic tub (eg. Empty yogurt pot).
✅ A little compost
✅ 5-6 Pea seeds (dried peas should germinate as long as they've not been in the cupboard too long).
✅ A shoebox (or box of similar size)
✅ Card
✅Scissors
✅Sellotape
✅ A small plastic tub (eg. Empty yogurt pot).
✅ A little compost
✅ 5-6 Pea seeds (dried peas should germinate as long as they've not been in the cupboard too long).
1. Soak your pea seeds / dried peas in room temperature water for 12 hours.
2. Take your cardboard box and stand it up on the narrow end with the lid facing you. Remove the lid and keep it safe.
2. Take your cardboard box and stand it up on the narrow end with the lid facing you. Remove the lid and keep it safe.
#ScienceLessonAtHome of the day.
Egg Drop
Do heavier objects fall faster, slower or at the same rate?
Galileo did this experiment from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa with melons! Here is a version you can do at home.
Egg Drop
Do heavier objects fall faster, slower or at the same rate?
Galileo did this experiment from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa with melons! Here is a version you can do at home.
You will need:
✅3 Eggs
✅A needle
✅A bowl
✅A saucepan and stove
✅Kitchen scales
✅Dust pan, brush etc.
✅ Mouthwash
✅3 Eggs
✅A needle
✅A bowl
✅A saucepan and stove
✅Kitchen scales
✅Dust pan, brush etc.
✅ Mouthwash
1. Weigh your eggs to select three as close to the same size as you can.
2. Place one of the raw eggs safely to one side.
3. Help your child to hard boil one of the eggs. It will need about 10 minutes. Allow it to cool.
2. Place one of the raw eggs safely to one side.
3. Help your child to hard boil one of the eggs. It will need about 10 minutes. Allow it to cool.
#ScienceLessonAtHome of the day!
Julius Freezer!
This is a tasty way to demonstrate energy transfer during changes of state. It is also how the Ancient Romans made their ice cream!
#Homeschooling2020 #homeschool #HomeschoolinguK #Science
Julius Freezer!
This is a tasty way to demonstrate energy transfer during changes of state. It is also how the Ancient Romans made their ice cream!
#Homeschooling2020 #homeschool #HomeschoolinguK #Science
You will need:
✅ Two large, strong ziplock bags OR two plastic tubs with secure fitting lids, one must fit inside the other with plenty of spare space.
✅ 150ml carton of cream
✅ Vanilla extract
✅ 3 tsp of caster sugar
✅ Plenty of ice
✅ 6 tblsp of salt
✅ Wooly gloves
✅ Two large, strong ziplock bags OR two plastic tubs with secure fitting lids, one must fit inside the other with plenty of spare space.
✅ 150ml carton of cream
✅ Vanilla extract
✅ 3 tsp of caster sugar
✅ Plenty of ice
✅ 6 tblsp of salt
✅ Wooly gloves
1. Put the cream, sugar and vanilla into your first bag (or the small plastic tub). Seal it well. Make sure there are no leaks.
2. Place the ice in the second bag (or large plastic box) and then place the first bag or box inside too.
2. Place the ice in the second bag (or large plastic box) and then place the first bag or box inside too.
You will need:
Part 1
✅ Jelly Sweets (Eg. Gummy bears or Haribo)
✅ Salt
✅ 2 small bowls
Part 2
✅ Some celery or flowers (carnations work well).
✅ A large glass or vase.
✅ Blue, Red, Black or Purple Food Colouring.
Part 1
✅ Jelly Sweets (Eg. Gummy bears or Haribo)
✅ Salt
✅ 2 small bowls
Part 2
✅ Some celery or flowers (carnations work well).
✅ A large glass or vase.
✅ Blue, Red, Black or Purple Food Colouring.
Part 1
1. In advance, make a strong salt solution in one of the bowls. Use boiling water and keep adding salt and stirring until no more will dissolve. (I recommend doing this step for your child.)
2. Allow the salt solution to cool to room temperature before step 3.
1. In advance, make a strong salt solution in one of the bowls. Use boiling water and keep adding salt and stirring until no more will dissolve. (I recommend doing this step for your child.)
2. Allow the salt solution to cool to room temperature before step 3.
#ScienceLessonAtHome of the day.
Rainbow Spinner
I have seen some fantastic rainbow pictures in children's windows on our street. Great work!
Whilst you have the colouring pens out, there is a nifty science experiment we can do.
Rainbow Spinner
I have seen some fantastic rainbow pictures in children's windows on our street. Great work!
Whilst you have the colouring pens out, there is a nifty science experiment we can do.
You will need:
✅Thin card
✅White paper
✅ Colouring pens / pencils / crayons
✅ Something round to draw round (large glass or small bowl)
✅ Ruler
✅Sharp pencil
✅Glue (e.g. Prit-stick)
✅Scissors
✅ 1m string or strong thread / yarn
✅Thin card
✅White paper
✅ Colouring pens / pencils / crayons
✅ Something round to draw round (large glass or small bowl)
✅ Ruler
✅Sharp pencil
✅Glue (e.g. Prit-stick)
✅Scissors
✅ 1m string or strong thread / yarn
1. Using your glass bowl to draw around, draw one circle on the card, and two on the white paper.
2. Use your ruler to divide the two white paper circles into seven equal segments.
2. Use your ruler to divide the two white paper circles into seven equal segments.
#ScienceLessonAtHome of the day!
Rainbow Cocktail
A demonstration of density dissolving and diffusion.
Rainbow Cocktail
A demonstration of density dissolving and diffusion.
You will need:
✅6 glasses
✅Sugar
✅4 different food colourings
✅ Food flavourings - Optional (eg. Vanilla extract, peppermint, lemon essence, coffee essence, rum flavour).
✅Warm water
✅A syringe or turkey baster (if you don't have one, a dessert spoon )
✅Stirrer
✅6 glasses
✅Sugar
✅4 different food colourings
✅ Food flavourings - Optional (eg. Vanilla extract, peppermint, lemon essence, coffee essence, rum flavour).
✅Warm water
✅A syringe or turkey baster (if you don't have one, a dessert spoon )
✅Stirrer
1. Line up four of your glasses. Add 60ml of warm water (1/4 cup) to each. You need it as warm as possible without the risk of burns.
2. Add 1 tablespoons of sugar to the first glass, 2 tbsps of sugar to the second glass, 3 tbsps in the third and 4 tbsps in the fourth glass.
2. Add 1 tablespoons of sugar to the first glass, 2 tbsps of sugar to the second glass, 3 tbsps in the third and 4 tbsps in the fourth glass.
#ScienceLessonAtHome
Master Thread
You can find the links to all my daily #homeschooling science activity suggestions here.
Master Thread
You can find the links to all my daily #homeschooling science activity suggestions here.
Body Outlines
Make a life sized poster of your internal organs.
Make a life sized poster of your internal organs.
Making a Compass - Magnets
Learn how magnets are made, used and work.
Learn how magnets are made, used and work.
#ScienceLessonAtHome of the Day - Indicators and Invisible Inks
You will need:
✅Some strongly coloured fruit and veg. You can try carrots, beetroot, blackcurrant, red onion, onion, red cabbage, grapes or red apple peel.
(Continued 🧵)
You will need:
✅Some strongly coloured fruit and veg. You can try carrots, beetroot, blackcurrant, red onion, onion, red cabbage, grapes or red apple peel.
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✅Lemon juice (an acid)
✅Bicarbonate of Soda dissolved in a little water (alkali)
✅A pestle and mortar or a blender
✅A funnel and a large glass
✅A coffee filter paper or piece of strong kitchen paper towel
✅Two paintbrushes, one fine, one large
✅Two sheets of paper
✅Bicarbonate of Soda dissolved in a little water (alkali)
✅A pestle and mortar or a blender
✅A funnel and a large glass
✅A coffee filter paper or piece of strong kitchen paper towel
✅Two paintbrushes, one fine, one large
✅Two sheets of paper
1. Using the two sheets of paper & the fine paintbrush, write two secret messages. Use the lemon juice to write one, & the Bicarbonate solution to write the other. Be careful to wash the brush really well in between. Leave them somewhere cool to dry. Do not expose them to heat.
Time for #ScienceLessonAtHome of the day.
Activity - Shadow Play
You will need:
A cardboard box
A lamp or torch
Baking parchment, baking paper or waxed paper
Paper, card and scissors
Some sticks or thin dowels
Sellotape or glue
A dark room
Activity - Shadow Play
You will need:
A cardboard box
A lamp or torch
Baking parchment, baking paper or waxed paper
Paper, card and scissors
Some sticks or thin dowels
Sellotape or glue
A dark room
Key Points:
If light encounters an OPAQUE substance, it is blocked, creating a shadow. This happens because the light is REFLECTED and / or ABSORBED by the surface. (The shinier or lighter coloured the surface is. More will be reflected and less will be absorbed.)
If light encounters an OPAQUE substance, it is blocked, creating a shadow. This happens because the light is REFLECTED and / or ABSORBED by the surface. (The shinier or lighter coloured the surface is. More will be reflected and less will be absorbed.)
Key Points Part 2:
If it encounters a TRANSLUCENT substance then some of the light is TRANSMITTED (allowed through). A TRANSPARENT substance allowes all the light to pass through. We can use this effect to create a Shadow Play.
If it encounters a TRANSLUCENT substance then some of the light is TRANSMITTED (allowed through). A TRANSPARENT substance allowes all the light to pass through. We can use this effect to create a Shadow Play.
#ScienceLessonAtHome of the day.
Making a Compass
You will need:
A small bowl
A scrap of paper
A magnet
A pin or needle
Making a Compass
You will need:
A small bowl
A scrap of paper
A magnet
A pin or needle
Take the pin or needle and stroke it with the magnet. Be sure to only stroke in one direction, lifting the magnet well away as you bring it back to the other end. Use the same pole (end) of the magnet throughout.
Top tip: If you don't have a handy magnet or fridge magnet. The sealing strip of your fridge is magnetic and you can stroke the pin against that.
You will need to stroke it for about 2-3 minutes.
You will need to stroke it for about 2-3 minutes.
#ScienceLessonAtHome 🧵
As you may know, until a few years ago I was a Science teacher. As many of you have your kids at home for the foreseeable future, I thought I would try to share a science activity a day that you can do at home.
As you may know, until a few years ago I was a Science teacher. As many of you have your kids at home for the foreseeable future, I thought I would try to share a science activity a day that you can do at home.
Body Outline 1
You will need: A big enough piece of paper for your child to lay on (the reverse of some left over wall paper works well), colouring pens / pencils.
1. Get the child to lie on the paper and draw around them.
You will need: A big enough piece of paper for your child to lay on (the reverse of some left over wall paper works well), colouring pens / pencils.
1. Get the child to lie on the paper and draw around them.
Body Outline 2
2. Then, using a book or good website for reference, the child draws in the organs of the body.
You can differentiate for age. Younger children drawing and naming the organs, older children adding labels about what the organs do.
2. Then, using a book or good website for reference, the child draws in the organs of the body.
You can differentiate for age. Younger children drawing and naming the organs, older children adding labels about what the organs do.
