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Game: Math Functions

August 23, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

A Fun Way to Learn Math Adapt this game to kids of all ages by using only the math functions players are familiar with. Materials 1 deck of cards for four players--(You can make your own card using … [Read more...]

Filed Under: game, Math Tagged With: cards, dice, math functions, math game

Physical Properties of Matter

August 18, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Matter is what stuff is made of. The physical properties of matter are things you observe using your five senses, which are seeing, touching, smelling, tasting and hearing. Following are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chemistry, physical properties Tagged With: hear, matter, physical properties, sight, smell, taste, touch

Five Oceans of the World

August 17, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Which is Bigger? Which is Deeper? About 71% of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The largest bodies of water are called oceans and there are five ocean in all. Books published prior to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Earth Science, oceans Tagged With: Antarctica Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Barrow Alaska, blubber, Challenger Deep, Diamantiana Deep, Diamantina trench, Indian Ocean, Mariana Trench, muktuk, Oceans for Every Kid correction, Pacific Ocean, permafrost, Puerto Rico Trench, South Sandwich Trench, Southern Ocean

How Salt Melts Ice

July 29, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

1. Fresh water freezes at O0C. This is called the freezing point of water. 2. Ice melts at O0C. This is called the melting point of water. Yes, the freezing and melting point of water is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chemistry, physical changes Tagged With: change of state, crystalline solid, energy, freezing point, ice crystal, melting point, solid, water

Developing A Science Fair Project

July 25, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Father Teaches Son to Use Telescope

The skills for designing and developing a Science Fair Projects are not intuitive. It takes training, which involves instructions and practice, practice, and more practice over a period of time. No … [Read more...]

Filed Under: chemistry, Science Projects Tagged With: absorption, adhesion, capillary action, cellulose, cohesion, conclusion, dependent variable, display, exploratory experiments, hypothesis, independent variable, judging, rate of capillary action, science fair project, science project question, variables

Newton Studies the Force of Gravity

July 4, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

What is gravity? According to Newton, gravity is the force of attraction between two objects having mass. This means that the two balls in the diagram have a gravitational force of  attraction … [Read more...]

Filed Under: forces and motion, gravity, Physics Tagged With: dimensional analysis, earth's gravity constant, fraction bar, free falling, gravity, Newton, universal gravitation equation, universal gravity constant

Borax Crystals

June 27, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

How to Grow Borax Crystals For explanations, mouse over (do not click) the following list of terms. Borax Concentrated Solution Crystals Evaporate Evaporite Saturated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chemistry, crystals evaporites, physical changes Tagged With: borax, concentration, crystalline solid, evaporate, evaporites, saturated, sedimentary rocks, sodium borate decahydrate, sodium borate pentahydrate, solute, solution, solvent, supersaturated, tincalconite

Water Critters

June 10, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Water Critters Is an activity in "Play and Find Out About Nature." Click Here to See models of water critters and comments from a homeschooling mom.  Help me add ideas to my experiments so that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology, protists Tagged With: Euglena, models, paramecium, protists

Paramecium Organelles and Functions

June 7, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Photo of growing microbes taken from ISS

What is a Paramecium? A paramecium is a unicellular (one cell)  eukaryotic organism generally found in stagnant water. While very small, sometimes large paramecium can be seen as tiny … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology, protists Tagged With: anterior, astromicrobiology, cell membrane, ciia, eukaryotics, Genetic Engineering, International Space Station (ISS), macronucleus, Microbe Engineering, micronucleus, mitochondria, multicullar, paramecium, pellicle, posterior, respiration, respiration reation, trichocysts, unicellular

Model A Bird’s Beak

June 5, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

  Catchers is an activity from "Play and Find Out About Nature" The shape and size of a bird's beak and mouth help it to catch food. Some birds can catch flying insects. Just for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology, birds Tagged With: beak, bird, model, popcorn insects

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