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This activity is about observing birds in the environment. Take the children for a walk around the school looking for birds. Taking pictures of the bi...
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This activity is about attracting birds to the school yard. The children put out empty milk cartons with food and place a pencil or wood dowel through...
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This activity is about using different materials to build a bird nest. Before starting, share books about different types of birds’ nests and discu...
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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...
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This activity is about discovering that water evaporates. On a sunny day, give children buckets of water and wide paintbrushes for painting the outsid...
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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 ...
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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...
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This activity is for discovering what happens when different materials are mixed with water. Give children five cups, each filled halfway with water. ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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This activity is for dipping paper towels and other materials in colored water to make designs and test absorption properties. Give children paper tow...
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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...