In my quest to organise my blog, I am gathering all related posts into one post to make them easier to find. This post includes all the science I have done with my little ones with any kind of polymer. Polymer Play : Making Goop Polymer Play : Making Bouncy Balls Polymer Play :…
Category: Preschool Science Activities
Fizzy Fun: Exploding Baggies
What we gathered per turn: One small zip-lock bag for exploding Bicarbonate of soda (3 teaspoons) Warm water (1/4 cup) Vinegar (1/2 cup) Measuring cup A tissue for making bicarb time release packets What we did: The first thing we did was make up our little parcels of bicarbonate of soda by placing 3 teaspoons…
Young Scientists at Play: Polymer Play – Making Snow
Did you know that up market nappies contain polymer balls? They exploit the water absorbing qualities in order to absorb urine. These are made from a similar polymer to water beads and are the chemical that is used to make fake snow. This polymer is also used for its water absorbing properties in gel flood bags to contain a flow of water.…
Young Scientists at Play: Polymer Play with Water Beads
Continuing our fun with polymers, I thought I would introduce the little ones to a very different type of polymer - the water bead. These are basically polymers which when in their dried state will absorb copious amounts of water and swell from the size of a tiny bead to the size of a marble. I…
Young Explorers at Play: Polymer Play – Discovering Polymer Properties
Thank you for all your well wishes yesterday. The girls are on the mend! They were well enough yesterday to get out our pink slime with the purpose of discovering it's rather unusual properties. I popped a few tools onto the table with the slime and let them explore: Ah, the joy of slime, I mean polymer, play!
Young Scientists at Play: Polymer Play – Making Slime
My two little girls aren't very well this week, so we abandoned BFIAR and I let them lollop and cuddle all week long! This is an activity we did in our science on Monday morning before illness struck. As always, much fun (and mess) was had! After the utter joy of bouncy ball making, I…
Young Scientists at Play: Concoction Lab
This week during our hour of Young Scientists at Play I created a concoctions lab, enlisting the help of one of my twins: I made up a tray full of bits and pieces from the kitchen: And then we let the fun begin! We are always as hands off as possible during preschool science. This…
Young Scientists at Play: Colour and Fizz
After we arrived back from our pond study this morning, the older girls kindly offered to cook up a storm in the kitchen for lunch whilst T11 and I got down to the business of setting up the science nook. This week I had planned to let the littles discover what happens when vinegar is…
Create a Preschool Science Area
The idea to create a preschool science area has been whizzing about in my head for weeks. I honestly tried not to go too mad, but inevitably I did just that! Perusing Amazon, I came across this beautiful, colourful science equipment. I, of course, pressed buy before my brain had connected with my fingers... And…