Bite-Sized Science Activities for Children in 15 Minutes or Less

by Falk, John H.; Rosenberg, Kristi S.

• ISBN13: 9781556523489
• ISBN10: 1556523483
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

Here's a fun way to get young minds discovering the wonders of the natural world by making predictions, testing them, and then evaluating the resultslearning the scientific method. These short, bite-sized, deliciously fun activities like "Sounds of Chewing," "Clinks in the Kitchen," "Tangy Tongue," and "Shoe Show" take only 15 minutes to organize, do, and clean up. Many of the activities involve food, so children will learn and get a snack at the same time.

Author Biography

John H. Falk is the director of the Institute for Learning Innovation. Kristi Rosenberg is a senior associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation. They are two of the authors of Bubble Monster and Other Science Fun.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
In the Kitchen	1	(24)
Cupboard Talk	2	(2)
Foil Molds	4	(2)
Hear It Again	6	(3)
How Many Seeds?	9	(3)
Clinks in the Kitchen	12	(2)
So Much Popcorn!	14	(3)
Soften It	17	(2)
Chewing Sounds	19	(2)
Tangy Tongue	21	(4)
High Energy	25	(26)
Bridge It	26	(3)
Eye Can Catch It, Maybe	29	(2)
Flex Those Muscles	31	(1)
Floor Textures	32	(3)
Light Weight	35	(3)
Look, No Hands!	38	(2)
Shoebox Sounds	40	(2)
Toss It!	42	(2)
Walk This Way	44	(4)
What Makes a Foot?	48	(3)
Quiet Times	51	(26)
Can You Hear It?	52	(2)
Hidden Message	54	(2)
How Much Can You See?	56	(3)
Magnify It	59	(2)
Mirror Images	61	(2)
Mirror Me	63	(2)
Shoe Show	65	(3)
Tea Time	68	(3)
Tooth Talk	71	(2)
What Color Is It?	73	(2)
Without a Sound	75	(2)
Bedtime	77	(12)
One, Two, Pick Up My Room	78	(2)
Making Waves	80	(3)
Shower Sounds	83	(2)
Water Levels	85	(2)
What's on the Wall?	87	(2)
Bigger than a Bite	89	(16)
Hot Sweaty Trees	90	(3)
Let the Sun Shine In	93	(3)
Pet Play	96	(3)
Pint-Sized Playground	99	(2)
Vanishing Colors	101	(4)
Bibliography	105	(2)
Acknowledgments	107