Doing Science, Learning Life : Activities with Suggestions for Spiritual Lessons

by Keller, Clifton

• ISBN13: 9780930192389
• ISBN10: 0930192389
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Gazelle Pubns

Table of Contents

From the Publisher	p. 9
General Tips	p. 10
Spiritual Lessons	p. 11
Learning the Process Skills	p. 12
Acknowledgments	p. 13
Science Tools--Numbers and Communicating
Find the Largest	p. 15
Thinking Fast	p. 16
How Big is Big?	p. 17
Large Number Comprehension	p. 18
Numbers, Numbers, Everywhere	p. 19
By Twos	p. 20
Original Story Problems	p. 22
Making Peanut Butter Sandwiches	p. 23
Science Tools--Measuring
Mad Measures	p. 24
Measuring Up	p. 26
Emulsified Vegetable Oil	p. 27
Fun with Pumpkins	p. 28
Measurement of an Area	p. 29
Hidden Space	p. 30
Is Feeling a Good Measure?	p. 32
Science Tools--Classifying
Kin Count	p. 34
All Sorts	p. 35
Hierarchical Classification	p. 36
Multiple Classification	p. 38
The Singular Class	p. 39
The Null Class	p. 40
Plants
Examining Seeds	p. 41
Principles of Growth	p. 42
Growing From Seeds	p. 44
Does Soil Quality Matter?	p. 45
Colorful Leaf Collections	p. 46
Tree Identification	p. 47
How Old Am I?	p. 48
Adopt a Tree	p. 50
The Green Bean	p. 51
Overcrowded Living	p. 52
Animals
Why We Wash Our Hands	p. 53
Nature Number Walk	p. 54
How to Slow Down a Frog	p. 56
Germs Don't Like Soap	p. 58
Humans
Ripening of Bananas	p. 59
Food Groups	p. 60
What You Eat Makes a Difference	p. 62
Water Content in Food	p. 64
Feeling for Paper Clips	p. 65
Blind Walk	p. 66
Getting Hooked Up Right	p. 68
Pulse Detector	p. 69
Measuring Pulse Rate	p. 70
A Family Tree	p. 72
Yeast Activity	p. 74
Earth
Erosion	p. 75
Always Pointing North	p. 76
Barometer	p. 78
Weather Check	p. 80
What Is Rain?	p. 81
Which Rock?	p. 82
Astronomy
Sun, Moon and Planets	p. 84
Constellations in a Box	p. 86
Heat
Sorting - Solids and Liquids	p. 87
States of Matter	p. 88
Change of State	p. 88
Ways to Put Out a Fire	p. 90
Substances That Burn	p. 92
Smoke and Fire	p. 93
Kindling Temperature	p. 94
Cutting Ice	p. 95
Which Popcorn Is Best?	p. 96
Warming Dirt	p. 98
What is a Match?	p. 99
Light
Break a Pencil with Water	p. 100
Making Colors	p. 101
Now You See It, Now You Don't	p. 102
Flip Books	p. 103
Sound
A Vibrating String	p. 104
Point to the Sound	p. 106
String-and-cup Telephone	p. 108
Forces
Learning from Spools	p. 109
The Most Important Place	p. 110
Air Currents	p. 112
Lift the Teacher	p. 114
Magnetic Attraction	p. 115
Siphoning for Fun	p. 116
Filtering	p. 118
Ice-cream-stick Boat	p. 119
Density of Water	p. 120
Floating Boats	p. 122
Surface Tension	p. 123
Predicting Angles	p. 124
Introducing Inertia	p. 125
Effects of Inertia	p. 126
Chemistry
Covering a Lighted Candle	p. 127
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