Young children generally do not understand fractions, but they know when they are given the smaller piece when a candy bar is divided. I love the idea of letting one child divide a candy bar and the other gets to pick his or her portion. What a great way to encourage kids to learn about [...]
Scientific Method for Young Kids?
September 3, 2010 By
Scientific Method: How Scientists find answers to problems. Actually, the method can be used by everyone for problems other than those related to science. Even so, I suggest that you encourage kids to be imaginative and to put on their science hat. This of course is a very special hat that could contain all kinds [...]
Tiger Talk
August 31, 2010 By
Animals communicate (talk to tigers and animals, as well as people). They do this by sounds as well as body language. The title of the video is misleading. There is a glass between the tiger and the child. The video provides visual information that young children can understand. The video dramatically, in a fun way, [...]
A Talking Tiger Tail
August 31, 2010 By
Body language is one way that animals communicate with each other. For example, tigers communicate by the position as well as the motion of their tails. You can model the “talking tail” of a tiger using a ruler. Discover for Yourself 1. As in the diagram above, in an upright position and slowly shaken back [...]
Hair Color
August 28, 2010 By
I have never seen a dog with pink hair! Have You? FYI: The Maltese dog shown had white hair before its hair was dyed. The genetics of hair color is very complex. In the most simplistic sense, hair color from black to white depends on a pigment called emulanin. The amount and type of emuelanin [...]
How to Prepare a Chicken Skeleton
August 15, 2010 By
Real or plastic, skeletons are expensive. Even a chicken skeleton can cost several hundred dollars. YIKES!! If you are not seeking a top-quality skeleton, you can boil a chicken to collect its bones. Note: Boiling can shrink bones, but for most investigations, this is not going to matter. Deboning a Chicken (Adult Instructions) 1. Boil [...]
Butterfly Wings-Two Pairs
August 15, 2010 By
Butterfly lesson for young learners. Butterflies have two pairs of wings.
Earth-Moon System
August 11, 2010 By
A fun discovery lesson that demonstrates the gravity “tug-of-war” between the Earth and the Moon.