Back in January, I recommended the website for The Exploratorium and talked about it in a broad sense. Today, I want to focus in on the site's Explore page. There's so much on this page, I don't know where to begin...
Let's start with the hands-on activities. Students can learn about seasons and shadows using a basketball and paperclips, make a noisemaker called a sound sandwich , build a solar system , make a telescope ... and that's just a few examples.
Interactive activities include viewing the night sky , the secret life of flowers , and an investigation of what makes animals (and other things) cute.
All of the above come from a multitude of pages and websites they have created. At this writing, there are 523 Things to Make and Do and 146 websites. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you could probably use this site with the entire year of your science curriculum. If you haven't explored this site yet, please make time to do so. You won't regret it!
