4 sessions. Students learn about the concepts of dissolving, evaporation, and crystallization. Using familiar substances, they create homemade "gel-o" colorful disks, and crystals that emerge on black paper to make a "starry night."
Solids and Liquids
This module invites students to investigate the properties of particulate solids (cornmeal, beans, rice) and liquids (water, corn syrup, oil and various laundry and washing liquids) and compare their behaviors. Among other activities, students examine toothpaste to determine whether it's a solid or a liquid.
This module involves students in monitoring weather. they use syringes and tubes to discover that air takes up space and builds up pressure when compressed. They also construct devices that use moving air to function--including balloon rockets, kites, and whirligigs.
In this module, students observe and compare the structures and behaviors of insects -- darling beetles (meal worms), milkweed bugs, wax moths, crickets and ants -- in different stages of the life cycle. They also witness insect metamorphosis and learn about the diversity of animal life.
This FUSD kit contains: How Your Body Works - ScienceWorks for Kids Series -resource book; The Human Body - set of 24 picture cards; The Body Book - resource book; notebook for teacher ideas, sharing materials; human body felt set - 34 pieces, The Functions of the Human Body booklet; cross section brain model - 2 pieces; 100 piece, human anatomy floor puzzle; Some Body, five human anatomy games; stethoscope; 30 magnifying glasses