A fun solar eclipse wreath craft to do with kids. This is a fun way to show the sequencing on events for a solar eclipse. Kids can have fun putting the wreath together and seeing the different parts of the solar eclipse. You can see a total solar eclipse and a variation of the annular…
Every so often, there is a Lunar Eclipse or Solar Eclipse. I love that it happens all over and in different types of eclipses. You can have partial or full eclipses depending on where you live. Plus, now you can watch them online as well. So even if you are not in the area, you…
One thing I love about the Magic Tree House Books is that you can explore so many different areas in each book. This book takes us to Roman times and in a place that is famous now for the volcano that destroyed it. You have a history of roman culture and learn about a volcano…
Space has always been a favorite activity at our house! We are always doing something with it. Today is a fun look at how the moon travels around the earth. Plus learn about why it changes shape. We have loved learning about the moon. I know that we are excited that for this Magic Tree…
Museum Of Science in Boston is a great place to take kids to get a hands-on look at science in action. There are many different types of activities that kids do there. There is something that also appeals to people of different ages. The Museum of Science is tons of fun for kids and adults….
We have had so much fun playing with the rocks. We pull out the sensory bin almost every day. We looked at all the different rocks. My oldest made a comment about if light would go through them. I thought this would be a great science experiment about if they would or not. This is…
While we have been stuck inside we have been doing some fun activities. This was a fun valentines themed science activity that we did. We explored wind and how it moves objects. This is a really fun hands on activity you can repeat several different ways. This is fun and my girls loved it. We…
Magnets are something my girls love to play with at our house. We have been looking at books that have experiments about them. Our library recently added a STEM section with TONS of new books that are STEM-based. We have loved having these books. The girls wanted to explore some of the experiment books. There…
January’s theme is a great one! To the Laboratory! I’m looking forward to it, but most of all exploring some new books about it. I will admit that we don’t have many books in the house about science. I always get them at the library. We will be using the library to explore more books….
We have seen loves of different flower coloring experiments. Plus a ton of water walking experiments. We thought we would try two different color with flowers. You can see our flower coloring from last year here. What you need: white flower, two colors of dye, two clear glasses, knife (parent use only to cut stems)…
Coloring flowers is an easy science project that everyone can do almost anywhere. We cut up 4 stems of mums. The girls each picked a color. Amelia picked red. Mary picked yellow. Rose picked green. We kept one set white to compare later. After a few hours we checked and saw some changes already. The…
Name: Ecotarium Location: Worcester, Massachusetts Website: http://www.ecotarium.org/ Length of stay: 90 minutes The Ecotarium is one of the girls’ favorite places to visit. We go there often. The outside is full of places to explore. There are a lots of animals to see while you visit. Animals The eagles there are some of the girls…