Ten sessions packed with unique activities that help
students gain insight into their own learning. Using the
actual work and processes of real scientists, students
cross many disciplines and explore key concepts such as
learning, health and safety, product testing, animal
behavior, ethics, the nervous system and the brain. 220
pages.
Ant Homes. Grades PreK/K-1. $19.25
Familiar and fascinating, ants are terrific for early
science investigation. With direct observation of ants in
nature and an ant farm, role playing, cooperative games,
art and strong math connections, students explore the
body, structures, jobs and homes of ants. 116 pages.
Animal Defenses. Preschool - Kindergarten. 2 Sessions. $11.25
In this activity children add defensive structures to
an imaginary defenseless animal which introduces children
to the basics of predator-prey relationships.
Hide a Butterfly. Preschool-Kindergarten. 1 Session. $11.25
Children create camouflaged butterflies, hungry birds
and a meadow of flowers to learn the basic concept of
protective coloration.
Ladybugs. Preschool-1st Grade. 5 Activities. $14.50
This unit takes off from childhood delight with
ladybugs to present key science and math concepts to
young children, including information relating to animal
life and ecology.
Penguins and Their Young. Preschool-1st Grade. 4 Activities.
$22.50
This unit features the emperor penguin. Children learn
about its body structure, its cold home, what it eats,
and how parents care for their young.
Tree Homes. Preschool-1st Grade. 6 Activities. $19.25
This unit encourages appreciation of trees and animals
that live in tree homes, stimulating children's interest
in the world around them and the biological need for
warmth and shelter.
Buzzing a Hive. Kindergarten to third Grade. 6 Activities. $19.25
Students will learn about the complex social behavior,
communication, and hive environment of the honey bee by
making paper bees, a bee hive, flowers with pollen, and
bee predators.
Frog Math: Predict, Ponder, Play. Kindergarten-1st Grade. 6
Sessions. $14.50
In an artful interweaving of mathematics and
literature, this series of lively mathematics activities
jumps from one of the well known "Frog and Toad
Stories", The Lost Button.
Group Solutions Tool. Kindergarten-4th Grade. Over 50 Activities.
$22.50
Group solutions brings cooperative learning to the
fore in highly motivated ways, providing young students
with early and valuable experience in working and solving
problems together.
Bubble Festival. Kindergarten-6th Grade. 12 Activities. $22.50
Learning stations encourage independent thinking and
cooperative learning bringing fun and excitement to the
classroom, while "bubbling over" with science
and math.
Build It! Festival. Kindergarten-6th Grade. 9 Activities. $27.50
Includes a wide assortment of classroom learning
station activities that focus on mathematics, especially
relating to construction, geometric challenges, and
spatial visualization.
Investigating Artifacts. Kindergarten-6th Grade. 6 Sessions.
$14.50
This guide weaves together three activities related to
anthropology, archaeology and diverse Native American and
world cultures.
Terrarium Habitats. Kindergarten-6th Grade. 5 Activities. $14.50
These activities bring the natural world into the
classroom and deepen student understanding and connection
to all living things. Teams of students design and
construct terrariums in the classroom.
Involving Dissolving. 1st-3rd Grades. 4 Activities. $14.50
Students learn about the concepts of dissolving,
evaporation and crystallization, using familiar
substances.
Liquid Explorations. 1st-3rd Grade. 5 Activities. $14.50
In this series students explore the properties of
liquids.
Secret Formulas. 1st-3rd Grade. 9 Sessions. $17.25
Students investigate the properties of substances as
they make their own personal brands of paste, toothpaste,
cola and ice cream.
Mystery Festival. 2nd-8th Grade. 10 Sessions. $27.25.
Two imaginative and compelling mysteries are featured,
Students observe the crime scene then conduct crime lab
tests on the evidence at classroom learning stations.
In All Probability: Investigations in Probability and Statistics.
3rd-6th Grade. 5 Activities. $17.25
Students play games that involve coins, spinners, dice
and Native American game tricks, investigating chance and
probability.
Fingerprinting. 4th-8th Grade. 3 Sessions. $11.25
Students explore the similarities and variations of
fingerprints in these activities.
Hot Water and Warm Homes from Sunlight. 4th-8th Grade. 5 Sessions.
$14.50
Students build model houses and hot water heaters to
discover more about solar power.
Of Cabbages and Chemistry. 4th-8th Grades. 4 Sessions. $11.25
Students explore acids and bases using the special indicator properties of red cabbage juice.
Oobleck: What Do Scientists Do? 4th-8th Grade. 4 Sessions. $11.25
Students investigate and analyze the properties of a
strange green substance, Oobleck, said to come from
another planet. The class holds a scientific convention
to discuss experimental findings.
Quadice. 4th-8th Grade. 5 Sessions. $11.25
This original, challenging and fun mathematics game
encourages students to perform mental calculations,
handle fractions and explore probability.
Vitamin C Testing. 4th-8th Grade. 4 Sessions. $14.50
This guide is a stimulating introduction to chemistry
and nutrition. The vitamin C content of different juices
is compared.
Moons of Jupiter. 4th-9th Grade. 5 Activities. $44.75
Students recreate Galileo's historic telescope
observations of Jupiter's moons using slides (provided)
and other materials.
Stories in Stone. 4th-8th Grade. 8 Sessions. $19.25
This is an earth science unit that deepens
understanding of the main processes that lead to the
formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
Math Around the World. 5th-8th Grade. 8 Games. $27.25
each game can be presented as a two or three session
activity or as a stand-alone learning station.
Animals in Action. 5th-8th Grade. 5 Sessions. $10.75
While watching animals in a large classroom corral,
the class adds different stimulus objects to the
environment and observes the animal's responses.
Bubble-ology. 5th-8th Grade. 10 Sessions (6 Activities). $14.50
Students combine fun and intense enjoyment with an
exploration of important concepts in chemistry and
physics through experiments with soap bubbles.
Color Analyzers. 5th-8th Grade. 4 Sessions. $22.50
Students investigate light and color while
experimenting with diffraction gratings and color filters.
They use color filters to decipher secret messages.
Earth, Moon and Stars. 5th-8th Grade. 6 Activities. $17.25
Students learn about Earth, gravity and astronomy.
Three main sections focus on the shape of the Earth and
gravity, moon phases and eclipses, and the stars.
Mapping Animal Movements. 5th-8th Grade. 4 Sessions. $14.50
Students apply field biology techniques, using a
sampling and mapping system, to quantify and compare the
movements of hamsters and crickets.
Paper Towel Testing. 5th-8th Grades. 4 Sessions. $11.25
In a series of experiments, students rank the wet
strength and absorbency of four brands of paper towels.
Convection: a Current Event. 6th-8th Grade. 3 Sessions. $14.50
Students explore this important physical phenomenon by
observing and charting the convection currents in a
liquid.
More Than Magnifiers. 6th-8th Grade. 4 Activities. $11.25
In this unit, students use the same two lenses in
different ways to create optical instruments, and in so
doing find out how lenses are used in magnifiers, simple
cameras, telescopes and slide projectors.
River Cutters. 6th-8th Grade. 7 Sessions. $19.25
Students build a model of a river and simulate the
creation of a river system in minutes. They acquire
geological terminology and begin to understand rivers as
dynamic, ever-changing systems.
Acid Rain. 6th-8th Grade. 8 Sessions. $22.50
Explores many aspects of acid rain and its effects.
Students gain scientific inquiry skills as they learn
about acids and the pH scale.
Chemical Reactions. 6th to 8th Grade. 5 Sessions. $9.75
An ordinary Ziploc bag becomes a safe and spectacular
laboratory, as students mix chemicals that bubble, change
color, get hot, and produce gas, heat, and odor.
Discovering Density. 6th-8th. 5 Sessions. $17.25
Students attempt to layer various liquids in a straw,
leading them to explore the concept of density.
Earthworms. 6th-8th Grade. 3 Sessions. $9.75
Earthworm heartbeat patterns are investigated by
students in living earthworms, observing blood vessels
and pulse rates.
Experiments With Model Rockets. 6th-8th Grade. 7 Sessions. $17.00
Controlled experimentation is introduced in this
series. Students experiment to see what factors influence
how high a model rocket will fly by varying the number
and placement of fins or the length of the body tube.
Height-O-Meters. 6th-8th Grade. 4 Sessions. $11.25
Students are introduced to the principle of
triangulation by making simple cardboard devices and
using them to measure the height of buildings and other
objects.
Mapping Fish Habitats. 6th-8th Grade. 4 Activities. $11.25
Students apply field mapping techniques of aquatic
biologists as they chart the movements of fish in a
classroom aquarium.
Global Warming and Greenhouse Effect. 7th-8th Grade. 8 Sessions.
$22.50
Students explore this topic with hands-on activities, experiments, a simulation game, analysis of articles, etc.
The Magic Of Electricity. 3rd-6th Grade. Group
Presentation. $16.00
Suitable for an hour-long session for audiences of up
to several hundred. Helps to distinguish "magic"
from science as volunteers help the presenter create
electricity.
Solids, Liquids and Gases. 3rd-6th Grades. Group
Presentation.$17.00
The presenter invites student participation from the
audience to discover the properties of solids, liquids
and gases; the quirks of phase change; and the idea that
matter is made up of moving atoms.
Shapes, Loops and Images. All Ages. Four Exhibits. $22.50
These exhibits offer an opportunity to explore logic
and spatial relationships through challenges involving
topology, problem solving, repeated patterns and multiple
images.
The Wizard's Lab. All Ages. 10 Exhibits. $22.50
Ten of the most popular interactive exhibits from the
LHS Wizard's Lab provide stimulating activities in the
physical sciences.
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