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Looking Through Water

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Looking Through Water

This activity is about looking through empty cups and water-filled cups to see how things appear. Give each child an empty cup and one half-filled wit...

Water Painting

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Water Painting

This activity is about discovering that water evaporates. On a sunny day, give children buckets of water and wide paintbrushes for painting the outsid...

Absorbing Water

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Absorbing Water

This activity is for finding out which items absorb water and which do not. Give each child a variety of items to experiment with to see what happens ...

Absorbing Colors

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Absorbing Colors

This activity is for finding out what happens when various foods are placed in colored water. Have a variety of vegetables available and let each chil...

Water Mixtures

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Water Mixtures

This activity is for discovering what happens when different materials are mixed with water. Give children five cups, each filled halfway with water. ...

Water Drops

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Water Drops

This activity is for finding out how drops of different liquids behave. Give the children each a piece of waxed paper and ask them to try dropping a s...

Soaking Things

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Soaking Things

This activity is for finding out what happens when materials stay in water for a long time. Give children an egg carton and let them put water in each...

Bubble Makers

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Bubble Makers

This activity is for making and testing different bubble makers. Put out materials listed and ask children how they could use the materials to create ...

Sand Sculptures

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Sand Sculptures

This activity is for making things with sand and water. At a sand table or in a sandbox, let the children begin by exploring dry sand and then add wat...

Mixing Colors

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Mixing Colors

This activity is for mixing two primary colors to create a secondary color. When introducing mixing of colors, always start with the primary colors an...

Color Designs

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Color Designs

This activity is for dipping paper towels and other materials in colored water to make designs and test absorption properties. Give children paper tow...

Water Drops as Art

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Water Drops as Art

This activity is for dropping water on a semi-absorbent surface to see what happens. Children can work in pairs with one dropping colored water from a...

Making Oobleck

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Making Oobleck

This activity involves mixing water with cornstarch and exploring the result. Have children measure two cups of cornstarch and one cup of water into t...

Snappy

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Snappy

This activity involves observing properties of a new material. Away from children, make a batch of snappy with recipe provided and put on table for t...

Seeds in Our Food

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Seeds in Our Food

This activity involves looking for seeds in fruit. Put out fruit for children to see and give them an opportunity to touch and smell each of them. The...

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