When it comes to things that glow, bubble, change color, or do just about anything interesting, its no secret... kids love doing hands-on science outside school. With this comprehensive book, camp and club leaders can easily offer the engaging science experiences that keep kids coming back for more. Camp and Club Science Sourcebook is ideal for the middle grades and easily adaptable to other ages. 39 activities explore health- and environment-related science topics that are interesting to kids and important in their daily lives: controlling disease with clean hands, healthy drinking water, indoor air quality, and keeping skin healthy. Now, you have everything in one package for a perfect event: 1. Event planning > budgeting and scheduling planning timeline and checklist sample forms and letters 2. Camper activity notebook > self-guided instructions and explanations for young investigators reproducible pages CD-ROM with camper pages in editable format 3. Leader activity guide > introductory instructions procedure notes and tips answers to camper questions

How can Mr. Potato Head inspire students'enthusiasm for learning chemistry?With this powerful book, you will learn to use Mr. Potato Head-and many other fun items - to capture (and keep) attention in your classroom! Meaningful, motivating, and fun!... Middle and high school students will love this selection of 28 lessons designed to build understanding of important chemistry concepts and expand investigative skills. With a combination of hands-on experiences and teacher demos, Chemistry with Charisma Volume 2 helps each learner connect with ideas and information in unique ways. "Brings the real science of claims and evidence to your classroom." Dr. Brian Hand, Professor of Science Education, University of Iowa

How can a whoopee cushion inspire students' enthusiasm for learning chemistry? With this powerful book, you will learn to use whoopee cushions-and many other fun items- to capture (and keep) attention in your classroom Meaningful, motivating, and fun ... Middle and high school students will love this selection of 24 lessons designed to build understanding of important chemistry concepts and expand investigative skills. With a combination of teacher demos and hands-on experiences, Chemistry with Charisma helps each learner connect with ideas and information in unique ways and follows National Science Education Standards. Chemistry with Charisma was developed by Terrific Science, a national leader in teacher programs and instructional resources. With federal and state grant funding, Terrific Science has reached 20,000 teachers and published 80 instructional resources.

From artifi cial limbs to automobiles, we live in the age of polymers. Few, if any, products of technology have aff ected our lives more than these. Use this expanded second edition of Polymers All Around You! to introduce elementary, middle, and high school students to polymers with exciting, hands-on activities: [ dissolve plastic in water [ make gooey gluep and slime [ create a cellophane tape kaleidoscope [ skewer a balloon (without popping it!) [ soak up water with a polymer powder [ investigate mysterious invisible crystals [ test a grocery bag's stretch [ shrink plastic into fun shapes [ and more! By bringing polymer activities into your classroom, you will help your students develop an appreciation for the products of technology that they use every day and give them a solid foundation on which to base the decisions they will make as voters and consumers.

Involve the whole family with the new Learning Science from A to Z series. Supplement your curriculum with fun, hands-on activities, or hold family science events for the whole school. Use each book by itself, or use the coordinating lessons in both books to reinforce key concepts at a family science night an in the classroom. Appropriate for grades K -- 6.

Would you like to hold wildly successful family science events as a way to encourage family involvement in education? This resource book contains one activity for each letter of the alphabet, and includes everything you need to organize and hold a successful family science night. Detailed shopping lists, quantity calculation sheets, setup lists, handouts and explanations, templates, and numerous tips will make your family science event run smoothly.

Involve the whole family with the new Learning Science from A to Z series. Supplement your curriculum with fun, hands-on activities, or hold family science events for the whole school. Use each book by itself, or use the coordinating lessons in both books to reinforce key concepts at a family science night an in the classroom. Appropriate for grades K -- 6.Take your science lessons through the alphabet -- from Amazing to Zowie. This resource includes 26 complete lessons based on the National Science Education Standards. Each lesson comes with one or more science activities, follow-up ideas, activity-based assessments, cross-curricular strategies, preparation notes, and detailed science explanations. Use this book as a stand-alone resource or in conjunction with coordinating activities in Science Night Family Fun from A to Z.

Bring workplace science into your classroom while gaining behind-the-scenes insight into the development and manufacture of items that you and your students use every day. Each of the five Science in Our World modules was developed and tested by classroom teachers, industrial chemists, and university professors. All of these modules are currently in their second printing, and every book includes references to the National Science Education Standards.

looks at the pharmaceutical industry. Students get hands-on experience making aspirin and learning sophisticated chemical techniques like gel filtration. Developed with Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.

Bring workplace science into your classroom while gaining behind-the-scenes insight into the development and manufacture of items that you and your students use every day. Each of the five Science in Our World modules was developed and tested by classroom teachers, industrial chemists, and university professors. All of these modules are currently in their second printing, and every book includes references to the National Science Education Standards.

explores the versatility of plastics and other polymers that we use daily. Developed with Quantum Chemical Company.

Holidays and special events are times of excitement and energy. Children are quick to pick up on this excitement. One of our teachers has dubbed it the "holiday crazies." If the "crazies" are viewed to be an obstacle, productive learning can be difficult, but if dealt with as a positive thing, this youthful enthusiasm can provide the motivation for otherwise untapped learning opportunities. Science Projects for Holidays throughout the Year was developed to help teachers turn the "holiday crazies" into a fun and exciting time to learn about science. Holiday celebrations and science make a great team-because the crafts often associated with holidays are typically rooted in science, tying them to productive hands-on science lessons makes for good learning experiences. Use holidays and other special days to engage students in fun hands-on science. * 23 complete lessons * Includes historical and cultural background information * Cross-curricular integration * National Science Education Standards * 374 pages * Grades K-5

Science Fare-Chemistry at the Table is one of the Science in Our World Teacher Resource Modules. This set is aimed at enabling teachers to introduce their students to the concepts and processes of industrial chemistry and to relate these concepts to the consumer products students encounter daily. These hands-on, problem-solving activities help connect science lessons with real life. Helps students determine foods' fat content, fool their senses of taste and smell, and more.

Bring workplace science into your classroom while gaining behind-the-scenes insight into the development and manufacture of items that you and your students use every day. Each of the five Science in Our World modules was developed and tested by classroom teachers, industrial chemists, and university professors. All of these modules are currently in their second printing, and every book includes references to the National Science Education Standards.

shows students that fats aren't just in food by providing hands-on activities for making lipid-based products such as soap and candles. Developed with Henkel Corporation, Emery Group.

Bring workplace science into your classroom while gaining behind-the-scenes insight into the development and manufacture of items that you and your students use every day. Each of the five Science in Our World modules was developed and tested by classroom teachers, industrial chemists, and university professors. All of these modules are currently in their second printing, and every book includes references to the National Science Education Standards.

examines the chemistry involved in cleaning products used under various conditions. Developed with Diversey Corporation.

This unique resource for teachers of grades 1-4 is filled with innovative ways to use ordinary toys and play materials to demonstrate how the senses work in a way that young children can understand. And the best part is that these hands-on activities have already been proven effective in the classroom Based on the successful National Science Foundation-funded Teaching Science with TOYS program at Miami University of Ohio, this teacher resource can be used to teach students how to use their five senses to explore the properties of matter by recording, classifying, presenting, and explaining their observations. This book also meets the requirements of the new National Science Education Standards and has 19 exciting activities. The three sections of the book include pedagogy, background science content for the teacher, and activities that feature dozens of reproducible work sheets, hand-outs, and suggestions for incorporating toy-based activities into lessons. Each activity includes grade level, key science topics, science process skills, a materials list, and more.

Inspired by favorite children's stories, this book is a complete guide to an innovative science education approach that helps teachers and parents capitalize on children's natural curiosity about the world around them to teach physical science. Pedagogical strategies for both reading and science are featured, and many lessons include suggestions for learning centers and masters for reproducible flip cards and data sheets. Each lesson addresses a category of the new National Science Education Standards and includes an easy-to-understand science explanation. For example, "Iron for Breakfast" captures students' imagination with the story Gregory, the Terrible Eater. After listening to this story, in which Gregory alarms his parents by preferring fruits and vegetables to tin cans and other metal items, students discover foods that both Gregory and his parents would be happy with--an iron-fortified breakfast cereal and drinks containing food-grade iron filings. Students use magnets to extract the iron and learn about nutrition and the magnetic properties of iron. In "Folded Paper Kites," students listen to The Emperor and the Kite, a tale about a child who uses her kite-flying talent to save her father's life, and then have fun building and flying kites while learning about flight. Teaching Physical Science through Children's Literature is based on a science-literature integration teacher-enhancement program funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

As a child or as an adult, most of us find it difficult to walk past a colorful display of toys without pausing, smiling, and taking a closer look. The urge to roll the truck down the hill, bounce the Silly Putty[, or wind up the walking dinosaur is nearly irresistible. We typically associate toys with fun, discovery, and creativity. In contrast, if presented with a display of chemistry and physics experiments, "fun, discovery, and creativity" unfortunately would not be the words that come to most peoples' minds. Our idea was to teach basic chemistry and physics principles using toys, thus capitalizing on the natural attractiveness of toys and also showing that physical science is an integral part of our everyday experiences. Exciting projects use ordinary toys and play materials to demonstrate chemistry principles. [ 42 activities grouped separately for grades K-3, 4-6, and 7-9 [ 296 pages [ Grades K-9

The Chemistry of Natural Dyes examines the chemistry behind natural fibers and dyes and shows how these chemistry concepts are used in the real world. This monograph is the second in a three-volume series of monographs entitled Palette of Color. These monographs are designed to provide links between the everyday experiences of secondary school students and topics in their chemistry courses. This monograph provides background information on the history and chemistry of natural dyes, along with hands-on problem-solving activities on extracting, testing, and using these chemicals. All activities have been tested by teachers and reviewed by experts in the field to ensure accuracy, safety, and pedagogical effectiveness.

Is Spanish the primary language for some of the parents and children in your community? Teachers, Club and Community Leaders, Museum Educators: Welcome Spanish-speaking families to your next Science Night Family Fun from A to Z event! Use Spanish versions of the key items that families will read: Invitacin a la familia: Bring families to the event with the family invitation in Spanish, Tabla de signos: Guide families to activity stations with the 26 table signs in Spanish that identify each station from A to Z, and Folletos de retos cientficos para la familia: Engage families with the 26 family science challenge handouts in Spanish that provide complete activity station instructions. English versions of all documents and complete planning and setup instructions are in the separately-purchased Science Night Family Fun from A to Z book.