Our Science Lab theme continues with light and electricity activities. We learned about rainbows, played a "shine the flashlight" game, played with color paddles, how to make a flashlight work, about Thomas Edison.
Our Science Lab theme continues with light and electricity activities. We learned about rainbows, played a "shine the flashlight" game, played with color paddles, how to make a flashlight work, about Thomas Edison.
Salty Circuits: In this simple circuit project, kids will create an electrical circuit using salt to conduct electricity and power a light emitting diode (LED).
Learn about electricity for kids with a simple working light bulb experiment where you make an incandescent light bulb like Thomas Edison!
Simple and engaging hands-on coding and technology activities for beginning learners of all ages! Popular topics include counting in binary, early exposure to the basics of programming, computer fluency, experimenting with electricity and circuits, and other technology related topics.
This easy electrical circuit activity for kids is a hit! Create a simple glowing salt circuit that lights an LED. Halloween STEAM activity
Fun science experiments about light for kids all ages, light reflection, prism, UV light, fluorescent light. Fun addition to 5 senses unit, sense of seeing.
Both downloads are identical in every way – if you download directly from this site, you’re giving me the maximum amount of support! Either way, your
This fun model village is great for learning about electricity and circuits for kids. First make your houses, then light them up using simple circuits.
Amp up the fun and have the kids learn about electricity with this experiment! Use homemade electric play dough - conductive and insulating - to create circuits that light an LED.
Using a few wires, a couple nails, a potato and a small light, kids can make their own electric circuit.
Practice sight words and improve fluency with these spring worksheets that become a Spring Emergent Reader. Fun spring activity for kindergarteners!
Fun science experiments about light for kids all ages, light reflection, prism, UV light, fluorescent light. Fun addition to 5 senses unit, sense of seeing.
Today we're combining our love for insects with a fun electricity science experiment: the light-up firefly craft for kids!
Simple and engaging hands-on coding and technology activities for beginning learners of all ages! Popular topics include counting in binary, early exposure to the basics of programming, computer fluency, experimenting with electricity and circuits, and other technology related topics.
Hey everyone!!! I hope everyone is having a great start to the NEW YEAR! It's always great to have a fresh start and a clean slate. (Although, is it just me or does your new year always begin in August?) : ) One of the things that I have been working on during my winter break is our lesson plans in science. By the way, we have a brand new standard this year in science!! (AND new standards are always exciting!) Drum roll...our new standard is... LIGHTS AND SHADOWS!! I know...so fun...kind of...except...I have never taught light and shadows, EVER!!! (Confession is good for the soul.) I mean, I have always taught first grade standards, AND light and shadows have never been one of our standards until now. So I definitely had to share what I learned with my first grade friends!! YOU! I have a lot of ideas, freebies, and links that you might be able to use, too. This blog post is part one of two...so hang tight...shadows will be coming next week!! We are going to launch our unit with Oscar and the Moth by Geoff Waring. He has a great collection of easy to understand books on science. This particular book is about light and shadows. Oscar the cat and his new friend the moth set out on a little journey to learn about shadows and light. Isn't Oscar a cutie? Light is energy and it makes objects visible and without it, we cannot see anything! So we are going to first discuss the kinds of light that we find in our world and list them by two categories: natural light and artificial light! We are going to use an anchor chart just like The Lesson Plan Diva's chart. Perfect! (You can check out her anchor chart by clicking on the photo above.) We are also going to be looking at all the different types of lights in real life. Would you include matches or a lighter? I am still debating. Since we don't have a real darkroom we are going to be using the restroom in our classroom. Hysterical! Just the thought of being in the restroom is going to crack my little firsties up! I am going to take them into the darkroom in groups cause my darkroom is tiny! My students who are not in the darkroom group will be working on the activity sheet below. You can find it free here! In the darkroom, I am hanging pictures of objects around the room. I want my students to see them when we shine the flashlight around the darkroom to make them visible because of light. We will discuss how light makes it possible for them to see the objects. And when I turn the flashlight off, the objects are no longer visible. (Yes...I totally expect some shrieks!! Eesh...but in the name of science, right?) In their science journals, they are going to record what they observed by drawing or writing what was visible in the darkroom. If you would like a copy of the pictures that I am going to use in my bathroom darkroom, you can find them here! We are also going to be looking at peep boxes. Have you ever used peep boxes? Kindergarten-Lessons.com is where I learned about peep boxes!! You should totally check out the website because they have some great suggestions and ideas for light and shadows! You can click here! They are not hard to make and you can easily make one for your students to see. Here is an example of one I made: Without light you can't see anything inside... But with light, you can see lots of things on the inside! I can't believe this box already had a peep hole!!!!! My students are going to record what they see inside the peep boxes in their science journals. You can find the scene that I used for my peep box here. It's so fun and exciting to look inside!!! I will be working on another one this week and I will let you know how it goes!! What kind of activities do you do for light and shadows? I am dying to know!! For the second part of our light and shadow unit, we will be talking about shadows and shadows will go along perfectly with Groundhog's Day. Yeah!! So come on back! I can't wait to show you what we are doing with shadows! Hoping you have a great week back!! An InLinkz Link-up
Easy rainbow salt circuit experiment for kids. Create a gorgeous circuit that lights up an LED bulb. Inspired by the book STEAM Play & Learn.
