VanCleave's Science Fun

Your Guide to Science Projects, Fun Experiments, and Science Research

ABOUT THE SOUND PICTURE

With mouth wide open, vibrating air coming up the throat from the vocal chords leaving the open mouth and spreading in all directions. Hi, I am Janice VanCleave, author of 50+ best-selling science experiment books for children ages 4 through high school. I taught science for 27 years and now am creating this science website.   My scream was not staged. The picture was to be of two adult cats, which I was holding. A microsecond before the camera snapped, the two cats dug their claws into my skin as they prepared to leap out of my arms. A picture like this is great for making inferences. Kids could make "guesses" as to why I am screaming. They would be drawing on facts from the photo, such as I look like I am in pain or maybe I am just pretending.

Sound Supplies and Sound Investigations

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Teaching Tips

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A great teacher is not someone who knows all the answers. Instead, a great teacher is someone who can give GREAT CLUES. Teachers need to STOP being answer givers and START being “FUNOLOGY GUIDES.” FUNOLOGY GUIDES are facilitators–in other words, a funology guide  direct and provide fun clues so that kids can be excited about […]

Teaching Tips: Fill-in the Blank

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Notes from Janice’s Desk Spice up fill-in the blank worksheets as well as emphasizing the order of the alphabet by listing the answers with letters that come before each correct letter.  Note that Z would be used for the letter before A.For example: More Later, Janice VanCleave

Tips for Teaching Chemistry

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Have you ever used art to teach chemistry? I have! In fact once I used special paper that changed color with changes in the humidity (amount of moisture in the air.) The paper was blue when the air was dry and pink when the humidity increased due to an increase in the moisture in the […]

Teacher Tips:Making Science Fun

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Notes from Janice’s Desk Q. What makes science fun for kids?A. Kids find science fun when they are actively involved. As a science teacher I collected ideas that kids liked most about science. As a writer I used these ideas to create science experiment books that kids could play and find out about science. Following […]

Tips for Teaching Science

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Notes from Janice’s Desk Tip 1:Make Science Activities a Hit in Your Classroom. Here are some strategies you can use to make science both a fun-filled adventure for students and the easiest and most organized period of your day. Know the Experiment. Read each experiment completely before starting, and practice doing the experiment prior to […]

Teaching Tips

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Have you ever used art to teach chemistry? In fact once I used special cotton balls that changed color with changes in the humidity (amount of moisture in the air.) The cotton was blue when the air was dry and pink when there was more moisture in the air. My students thought they were doing […]