Easy Science Experiments with Everyday Objects

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One of my favorite subjects to teach is science.  It’s so hands-on, visual and fun-truly one of the subjects that can be taught using almost of your senses!

Sometimes, as parent-teachers, we can get overwhelmed with science activities.  There’s no need!  With just a few, easy to find items (most of these you’ll likely already have in the house!) and a little bit of time, you and your children will be having fun and learning something new quickly!

Print off a few sheets of free printable writing paper and start a science journal to record your discoveries!

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Fun Sundial

Maters: 2 Pencils; Paper plate; Watch

How can you use the sun to tell time?

  1. Push one pencil through the center of the paper plate.  Stick the pointy end of the pencil into the ground.  Make sure that about half  of the pencil is shooing above the plate.
  2. Using the second pencil, mark the spot on the plate where the shadow of the first pencil falls.
  3. Mark the shadow again in an hour.

Before mechanical clocks were invented, people used sundials to tell time.  The earth always moves around the sun at the same speed, so the shadows also move at the same speed.  If you marked every hour on your plate for one full day, you’d create a complete sundial!

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Comments

HauteFrugalista

So cool! I love been able to spend time with my kids and teach them fun things. Im going to practice a few. I just did a purse put of a cereal box w my oldest one!
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Dee T
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Christina

A purse from a cereal box? Sounds like fun!

Ben

I love these. My kids really enjoy doing things like this so we’ll be trying a few of these this week. Thanks for sharing.

Christina

We’d love to see some photos of the experiments!

Jesseca

Love all of these. I have a five year old that loves to learn and experiment! I’ll add these to our list for sure.

Christina

Five years old is such a fun age for experimenting!

Denise Gabbard

Very nice! Kids love to play and learn at the same time, and these are great ideas.

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