Book List: Chemical Reactions

Bomb: The Race to Build- and Steal- the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon

by Steve Sheinkin

Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse by Catherine Reef

Counting On Frank by Rod Clement

Just a Little Bit by Ann Tompert

Let’s Experiment by Natalie Lunis & Nancy White

Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy

What’s Smaller Than A Pigmy Shrew? by Robert E. Wells

Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss

Temperature: Heating Up and Cooling Down by Darlene Stille

Zach’s Alligator by Shirley Mozelle

Goodnight Lab by Chris Ferrie

 

2019 Lesson: Chemical Reactions

We are learning about Chemical reactions. A chemical reaction happens when one or more chemicals are changed into another chemical. You can form new bonds or break bonds.  There are combination reactions, decomposition, displacement, redox & combustion. Chemistry is important because everything you do is chemistry. Even your body is made of chemicals. So how do you know a chemical reaction occurred? There might be a smell, a color change, a heat or temperature change, formation of a precipitate or formation of a gas/bubbles.

In class we will be making carbon snakes grow out of sand, and measure the heat temperature in a simple experiment. We will also make raisins dance and make slime to take home.

Book List: Magnets

Magnet Max by Monica Lozano Hughes

Atoms by S. Taylor Williams

Magnets Push, Magnets Pull by David A. Adler

I am Albert Einstein by Brad Meltzer

Extreme Laboratories by Anne O. Squire

Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford

Mezmerized by Mara Rockliff

The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay

Toys by Don Wulffson

The Shivers in the Fridge by Fran Manushkin

2019 Lesson: Magnets

Magnets are all around us from our computers, compasses, phones, cars and our amazing Earth.

“From your clothes to your desk, every bit of matter is made of tiny particles called atoms. Atoms have negatively charged electrons that spin around them. Most of the time, the electrons spin in random directions. When the electrons all spin in the same direction, though, they create an invisible force known as magnetism.

When something is magnetic, it can pull things with steel or iron in them to it. The two ends of a magnet are called the north and south poles. These are the parts where the magnets are strongest. Around these poles is an area known as a magnetic field. In the magnetic field, other objects can be drawn to the magnet.” ~easyscienceforkids.com

In class we will be having magnetic stations, magnet marble races, making magnetic slime, making homemade compasses and extracting the iron out of cereal with  a magnet. I’m excited to “attract” the kids to science…haha!

Book list: Circuits

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer

Electrical Wizard by Elizabeth Rusch

If by David J. Smith

The Magic School Bus and the Electric Fieldtrip by Joanna Cole

Oscar and the Bird by Geoff Waring

Electricity for Kids:Facts, Photos and Fun by Baby Professor

Girls think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh

Now and Ben by Gene Barretta

 

2019 Lesson: Circuits & electricity

I’m pretty pumped to teaching kids about circuits and electricity. I will demonstrate a simple circuit, show how the Wimhurst machine works and show a plasma ball. In class we will be building simple circuits, more advanced circuits, playing with snap circuits, building 3D Bohr atoms and building potato batteries.

Electricity is the flow of electrical power or charge. In order to understand how electric charge moves from one atom to another, we need to know something about atoms. Atoms are made of even smaller particles. The center of an atom is called the nucleus. It is made of particles called protons and neutrons. The protons and neutrons are very small, but electrons are much, much smaller. Electrons spin around the nucleus in shells a great distance from the nucleus. Electrons are held in their shells by an electrical force. The protons and electrons of an atom are attracted to each other. They both carry an electrical charge. An electrical charge is a force within the particle. Protons have a positive charge (+) and electrons have a negative charge (-). The positive charge of the protons is equal to the negative charge of the electrons. Opposite charges attract each other. ~https://www.kids.esdb.bg/electricity.html

Book List #4 Light and Rainbow Science

Day Light, Night Light by Frankly M Branley

Elmer and the Rainbow by David McKee

The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow

On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell

Sound and Light by Karen Bryant-Mole

The Sun Is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch

Book List #3 Cause & effect/ Sink or float

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss

Bubble, Bubble by Mercer Mayer

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble

The Rain Came Down by David Shannon

Where Once There Was a Wood by Denise Fleming

Things That Float and Things That Don’t by David A. Adler

Book List #2 Measuring, Molecules & Density

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

Science Tools by J.A. Randolph

Goodnight Lab by Chris Ferrie

Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist by Jim Benton

Close, Closer, Closest by Shelley Rotner and Richard Olivo

101 Kids Simple Science Experiments by Rachel Miller, Holly Homer & Jamie Harrington

 

 

Book List #1 Waves & Energy / Physical Science

Mr. Ferris And His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs David

Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You? by Dr. Seuss

Newton and Me by Lynne Mayer

Sound by Natalie Rosinsky

How Do You Lift a Lion? by Robert E. Wells

Energy Island by Allan Drummond

Motion Push and Pull, Fast and Slow by Darlene Still

I wonder by Annaka Harris

How People Learned to Fly by Fran Hodgkins