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ART

TIE DYE WITH SHARPIES

WATERCOLOR JELLYFISH

PAINT WITH WATER BALLOONS!

Magazine Art

Falling Back into Space Portrait

Hands & Feet Portraits

Paper Weaving

WET CHALK ART (DONE OUTDOORS)

WET CHALK ART (DONE INDOORS)

DON’T SOAK THE SHARK GAMES

FISH RACE

GIANT MEMORY GAME

Water Games

MUSICAL WATER BALLOONS

OH, COCONUTS!!

POP THE CANNONBALLS

WATER BALLOON HOT POTATO

THE SHARK BIT MY CUP

SWAB THE DECK

WALK THE PLANK

WATER BALLOON ROLL

WATER BALLOON TOSS

WATER BALLOON BASEBALL

o Water Balloon Baseball Rules

WATER BALLOON TARGET PRACTICE

WATER DROP RACES

What is your Pirate Name? SCIENCE

Mentos Geyser

Elephant Toothpaste

Rising Water

Suck an Egg

MAGICAL PLASTIC BAG EXPERIMENT

BOUNCING BUBBLES

MAKE A BOUNCING POLYMER BALL

COOKING CREATION

The Exploding Super Hero Slammer

Ocean Water

Salt water taffy

Jello Marshmallow Pinwheels

Underwater Ocean Jello Cups AKA Fish Bowl Fun

EXTRAS

Riddles

Jokes

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TIE DYE WITH SHARPIES Here's what you'll need and the steps we followed:

Pre-washed white or light colored t-shirt (cotton takes color great) Rubbing Alcohol (Note: mine was 91%. If your alcohol has a lower percentage it may not work as well) Liquid dropper (we used an old medecine dropper) Small plastic cup(s)... really we only needed one RUBBER bands Variety of colored Sharpies (we stuck to color wheel colors, no brown or black)

**** Extra Embellishment (OPTIONAL): (fabric, scissors, iron on paper, and an iron) Choose a spot to start and put your cup in right side up and secure a rubber band around the cup rim holding the shirt tightly in place. Pick your colors and create a small design in the center of the stretched circle. Try to keep your designs to the size of a quarter because the alcohol will make the colors spread out a lot. Also, remember that complimentary colors (like blue and orange) will turn brown when they mix. Using your dropper, drip approximately 10 drops of rubbing alcohol in the center of your design and watch the colors spread. Consider putting a couple more dots and lines of color on the outer edges of the circle and adding alcohol drops to them just before removing the rubber band. Then blow on the area to speed the drying and make the colors mix and bleed together in an irregular circle design Note: To prevent color bleeding through to the back side (cardboard would work too) I love the instant results of this project! We made a bunch of designs going up the shirt (looked almost like a funky caterpillar at first). Then we started filling in different areas with more circles and overlapping some of them. We did not do the back of the shirt and we did leave white areas on purpose. The fun of it is that you can do it any way you want! And it's so easy! * You will definitely want to heat set the colors by tossing the shirt in the dryer for a while before wearing.

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WATERCOLOR JELLYFISH You have the kids paint watery puddles of watercolor paint, and then they hold their paper up and tap it repeatedly it to make the jellyfish tentacles dribble down the page. You make more by adding big drops of watery paint, and/or painting on extra tentacles after you do the puddle/tap. Add speckles/splatters for bubbles, too. When these dried, our friend chose to outline hers with crayon. Then we added some white glitter to the jelly fish bodies. http://www.craftinterrupted.com/2012/07/funner-school-ocean-week-seashells-sea_12.html

PAINT WITH WATER BALLOONS

We started off painting with small air-filled balloons (for safety it was important that if any balloons popped, they were thrown away immediately). The kids dipped the balloons in paint and dabbed them on the paper, which created circular swirls of color.

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Soon I brought out balloons filled with water for the kids to try out. The water added weight and movement to the balloons and were really fun to squish around!

Magazine Art Get out those old magazines and start cutting! Trim out as many facial features and accessories as you can (eyes, lips, noses, mustaches, ears, eyebrows, hats, earrings, etc.) and let the kids have a blast gluing them to pre-drawn heads. I’ll bet you could even print a few out with a quick Google search to make it even easier.

Source: Le DADA de l’Enfant Terrible

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Falling Back into Space Portrait Hands & Feet Portraits

Get the Instructions here: Oodles of Art Here are some 'while working' shots that I grabbed because I love these! They are so fun. I got this idea from another teacher in my district last year where I taught. She said it was a huge hit among her 5th graders. Well, I decided to try it with 3rd and it worked. 1. Start with a LARGE sheet of paper...18x24 is what we used 2. Have students trace hands facing outward, towards the top of the paper. A friend may help. 3. Put papers on the ground, and have students trace their feet facing outward slightly towards the bottom of the paper. **they LOVE this part!** 4. Have students draw an oval/circle for the head slightly above the hands (in the middle)...add details to the face, hair, etc...to make it look like them 5. Then, add a neck, show them how to attach the arms to the hands, and the pants to the feet. The arms and legs get larger as they get closer to the tracings of hands and feet. Draw details, details, details! 6. Discuss how they are 'flying back in space' and WHERE ARE THEY?! I have students drawing outer space, under the ocean, in a lightning storm, in tornadoes, etc.... 7. Outline in sharpies 8. Paint with watercolors (we added crayon detail for small things as a wax-resist

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Paper Weaving

I have great memories of doing this in school, but never realized the amazing things you can make with this technique! You’re basically going to fold one piece of paper in half and cut several slits in the paper where your paper strips will be weaved in and out of. Try doing this with paintings and photos for a really cool effect! Check out this blog for lots of paper weaving ideas.

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WET CHALK ART (DONE OUTDOORS) Supplies:

chalk (preferably sidewalk chalk, although smaller chalkboard sticks can be used for fine detail work)

water bowls or other containers for holding the water paintbrushes spray bottles (optional) creative tools such as plastic forks, wooden sticks, or even

sponge stampers (optional) Directions: To create wet chalk drawings on a cement surface outside, kids can:

draw the picture first and then moisten parts of it with a spray bottle, water-soaked paintbrush, water-soaked sponge, or even a trickle of water from a garden hose.

dip a stick of chalk in a bowl of water and then draw with the wet chalk. pour water from a bowl or use a hose to create a puddle and then draw on the wet

surface with chalk. As children use brushes, encourage them to observe the different effects that can be created depending on how much water they use on the brush or how thickly the chalk is already spread on the cement. How do the colors change as they add water? As children draw with chalk sticks dipped in water, ask them to observe the different effects that can be created based on how long the stick was soaked in the water or how hard they press down on the concrete. How does a line drawn with wet chalk compare to a line drawn with dry chalk? As children dampen thick layers of chalk, they can create mounds of soft chalk paint that can be smoothed down or molded into peaks. Have children observe the textures and forms they can make with these pools of melted chalk. Can children mix or blend different chalks together to make new colors? Along with painting with brushes, sticks, and other tools, children can enjoy the tactile sensation of finger painting with the melted chalk to blend the colors and better control the textures and designs they create. . http://www.thinkplaytoday.com/wet-chalk-painting-as-a-creative-outdoor-art-activity-for-preschoolers-and-kids/

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WET CHALK ART (DONE INDOORS) Supplies:

colored chalk sticks paper (preferably both white and colored construction paper)

bowl of water paintbrush spray bottle (optional) smock (optional) tray (optional)

To create their wet chalk art drawings, children can:

soak the chalk sticks in the water and then draw with them. paint the paper with water to moisten it and then draw with dry chalk on top of the wet

areas. draw a picture with dry chalk and then dampen the picture by spraying it with water from

a spray bottle or painting over portions of it with a wet paintbrush. use their fingers or other tools like old toothbrushes or plastic forks to mold or scratch

designs in lumps of melted chalk smeared over wet paper. While kids play with this chalk art technique, suggest that they observe the results of their experiments, such as the difference in color between the marks a wet stick of chalk and a dry stick of chalk make. Or the effects that can be created when drawing with wet chalk on a piece of colored construction paper, instead of on a sheet of white paper. While older children can enjoy this indoor art activity as well and experiment with sophisticated color mixing or creating representational art, younger preschoolers will most likely get more pleasure from the active sensation of smearing the chalk everywhere. To contain any possible mess, parents and teachers can layer the work surface with newspaper or splash mats or have children place their paper on top of a tray. Finished wet chalk art pictures may be sopping wet, so parents and teachers can hang them on a line to dry, slip them in a paint drying rack, or even just lay them outside on a porch. (If children’s artwork is placed outside to dry, be sure to weigh each masterpiece down with shoes or rocks so that it dries flat and does not blow away.) Once the paper is dry, have children describe how the look of their artworks has changed. Are the colors brighter? Lighter? Softer? Darker? Encourage children to also discuss issues such as the textures created by the dried chalk and how a drawing made using wet chalk differs from drawings or paintings made using other media such as paints or crayons. http://www.thinkplaytoday.com/wet-chalk-painting-as-a-creative-indoor-art-activity-for-preschoolers-and-kids/

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DON’T SOAK THE SHARK Supplies: Filled Water Balloons Paper Plates Shark Cut Outs Tape Permanent Marker Prep: Using a permanent marker write uppercase letters on the paper plates and matching lowercase letters on the water balloons. On fence (or other hard surface) tape paper plates and shark cut outs (I tried to have at least one shark near each lettered plate). Directions: The object is to identify the lowercase letter on the water balloon and then throw it at the plate with the matching uppercase letter, WITHOUT "soaking the shark". When someone accidentally gets the shark wet (instead of the plate), everyone yells, "Don't Soak The Shark". Caution: The combination of water balloons and small children (or large children, or even adults) can be a recipe for chaos. Some ways to help keep this game under control are setting firm rules ahead of time as to where the balloons can be thrown, giving the children only one balloon at a time, and taking turns throwing the balloons.

FISH RACE

We used the chalkboard to have a Fish Race! I cut out 4 fish with construction paper and put them on the board with sticky-tack. Then I drew 12 circles alongside each fish. We placed number tiles in a bag from 1-3 and each took turns picking a tile from the bag. Whoever's fish got to the finish line first won! We played this many times and it was a blast. Even if you don't have a chalkboard, you could do the same thing easily on paper. http://www.littlefamilyfun.com/2011/09/fish-race.html

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GIANT MEMORY GAME Supplies:

20 LARGE pieces of construction paper Pencil (for prep only) Markers (for prep only)

Prep: Write or draw a matching item on two of the cards. When finish you will have 10 sets. To play, mix the cards all up and lay face down. Leave space around the cards so your children can walk around them. Have your children take turns flipping over two cards at a time until they have a match. If you get a match you get another turn, but if you don't then it is the next player's turn. The game continues until all the matches are made. Have each player count up their matches and the one with the most wins. http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/2010/06/friday-do-over-blowing-water.html

MUSICAL WATER BALLOONS Keep the music rolling and you can also play a fun game of Musical Water Balloons. Just like musical chairs, you will need 1 less water balloon each round (for instance, 5 players = 4 water balloons). Gently lay the balloons on the grass. Start playing some music and then have the kids walk in a circular motion. At random intervals, turn off the music. When the music stops, the kids need to find a balloon and sit on it. Whoever is left without a water balloon to sit on is out. The last child left in the game is the winner.

OH, COCONUTS!! Captain Hook shook all the coconuts off the coconut trees and the pirates could not pass through until they were gone. (The kids had to gather all the ball pit balls that were on the yard.)

POP THE CANNONBALLS Oh no! Captain Hook sent cannonballs (round, black balloons) flying everywhere, the pirates had to pop them before anything happened.

WATER BALLOON HOT POTATO The water balloon version of 'Hot Potato' is a great twist on the original. Get the kids to sit in a circle and start passing around a water balloon. Start playing some music and then, at random intervals, turn off the music. Whoever is left holding the water balloon or whoever pops it is the one out. The last child left in the game is the winner.

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THE SHARK BIT MY CUP

This is a basic water transfer relay with a shark-y twist. Supplies:

Two small buckets

one large bucket/container filled with water

two cups (with several small holes poked in/near the bottom of each cup). Directions: Divide children into 2 teams. Each team starts standing on either side of the large container full of water. Place the small buckets a short distance away. On go, the children must fill their cups with water, place it on their head and run to their team bucket on the other side (attempting to keep as much water in the cup). Once they reach their bucket they dump out what is left in the cup, run back to the starting line, and pass the cup off to the next person. The game ends when one team fills their bucket to the top, or whoever fills their bucket the fullest after a set amount of time. The twist on this game was that I poked several small holes in the bottom/sides of each cup to look like a shark had attempted to bite it. Not only was water spilling out of the top of the cup, but the bottom and sides as well.

SWAB THE DECK To get through this challenge the kids had to dunk large sponges into a bucket of water then run across to the other bucket and squeeze the water into it.

WALK THE PLANK Before they could reach the treasure they had to walk the plank without falling into the alligator pit. We made a plank out of a 2×4 on cinder blocks over a blue tablecloth.

WATER BALLOON ROLL

For this game, you have to keep your water balloon on the ground. The child that rolls their water balloon the farthest, and does not pop it, wins! http://www.localfunforkids.com/home/water-balloon-games-and-activities-for-kids.html

WATER BALLOON TOSS Everyone line up and stand across from your partner. Everyone takes turns tossing the balloon to their partner. The last team to pop their balloon wins!

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WATER BALLOON BASEBALL

Supplies Loads of water balloons Baseball bat Buckets Cones

Preparation Fill up all the water balloons and put them in buckets that are filled with water – this helps prevent them from bursting. The number of balloons you need will depend on how many young people you have playing – we’d recommend having at least 100 prepared, but for a larger group you’ll need far more. Set out the cones in the shape of a baseball diamond. If you don’t have cones available, you can use anything else as markers instead. Teams Split the youth group into same-sized teams. For smaller groups, two teams is fine. For larger groups, split them into more than two teams, but make sure the total number of teams is an even number so that they each have another team to play against. If you do play with more than two teams and have enough resources, have several games going on at the same time – that way you don’t have loads of young people standing around getting bored while they wait to play. Water Balloon Baseball Rules

1. The first person on a team should line up to bat. The pitcher tosses a water balloon at them and the batter tries to hit it. The batter gets up to three attempts to hit it and burst it – if they miss it all three times, they’re out.

2. If they hit the balloon and it bursts, they should run to first base. The pitcher is allowed one water balloon to throw at the batter – if they hit them, the batter’s out. If they miss, the batter should try to run from first to second base, with the pitcher getting one more water balloon to try to hit them.

3. If they miss, the batter continues from second to third base while the pitcher tries hitting them again with one balloon, then from third to home. If the batter manages to get to home plate without having being hit by any of the four water balloons while rounding the bases, they get a home run.

4. The next member of the team tries doing the same thing – the team keeps going until three players are out, then the other team gets a chance at trying to hit the ‘baseball’. Keep playing until every player has had a chance to bat at least once.

Pitcher It’s up to you who you choose to have as the pitcher. If you want to make it fair and consistent for each player, you or another volunteer could be the pitcher. Alternatively, players on the opposing team could take it in turns at pitching.

WATER BALLOON TARGET PRACTICE

Set-up:

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I kept this very simple. I went outside and drew a large target/circle with 4 rings using various chalk colors. Then I randomly added 2 digit numbers in each ring. The middle target had a 3 digit number (a challenge!). Play: To play, each child armed themselves with a water balloon and threw it at the target. They had to read whichever number it landed on. Our game ended when the numbers had been washed away. It was quick & easy to set up, fun (and wet) for the girls to play and they didn't even realize they were working on basic math skills. I love when I can sneak in learning into fun time, don't you?

Other Ways to Play: - sight words - math facts -vocabulary - letter recognition and more

WATER DROP RACES Blowing water in drops along waxed paper is a simple, fun way to demonstrate water science with kids. Even if your child is too young to grasp the concepts of surface tension and the bonding properties of water molecules, it’s still a fun indoor activity that will make kids say, “Cool!!!” Supplies: A straw, or other thin tube. (Actually, this is optional and kids could simply blow without the aid of a straw.) Waxed paper Flat surface Eye dropper (a spoon will also suffice)

Instructions: Drop water onto wax paper. Make the drops as large or as small as you like. Move the drops by blowing them across the paper. That’s it! Kids can experiment by blowing extra hard to make the larger drops break up into smaller beads. Also you can blow the beads together to make larger beads. You can suck them up the straw and blow them back out. Kiddo liked blowing his off the table to “plop” on the floor. (It’s just water, after all.)

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Scientific Jargon Purpose: Why are you doing this experiment? Hypothesis: What do you think will happen? Procedure: How will you test your hypothesis? Materials: What did you use to do the experiment? Results: What happened? Conclusion: Why do you think that happened?

Mentos Geyser Experiment Steve Spangler - Materials

Several rolls of Mentos chewy mints

Several 2-liter bottles of soda

Mentos Geyser Tube

Video camera

Experiment 1. This activity is probably best done outside in the middle of an abandoned field, or

better yet, on a huge lawn. 2. Carefully open the bottle of soda. Position the bottle on the ground so that it will

not tip over. 3. Unwrap the whole roll of Mentos. The goal is to drop all of the Mentos into the

bottle of soda at the same time (which is trickier than it looks). One method for doing this is to roll a piece of paper into a tube just big enough to hold the loose Mentos. You'll want to be able to position the tube directly over the mouth of the bottle so that all of the candies drop into the bottle at the same time.

4. Don't drop them into the bottle just yet! Warn the spectators to stand back. Okay, you're going to drop all of the Mentos into the bottle at the same time and then get truckin' (move out of the way... so long... bye- bye... hasta la vista!)

5. It's just like fireworks on the 4th of July. The spectators erupt, of course, in a chorus of ooohs and ahhhs. Someone yells out, "Do it again" and you do.

The Geyser Tube Variation

1. You’ll need a 2-liter bottle of diet soda (diet doesn’t make a sticky mess) and an outdoor location for your geyser. Select a flat surface on the lawn or driveway to place the bottle.

2. Start by tying one end of the string to the trigger pin (the string might already be attached to the pin) on the Geyser Tube.

3. Open the bottle of soda and attach the Geyser Tube. Put the trigger pin into the hole at the base of the Geyser Tube.

4. Twist off the top cap on the Geyser Tube and drop 7 MENTOS® candies into the tube. The trigger pin will keep the candy from falling into the soda before you’re ready. Replace the twist-on cap.

5. Warn everyone to stand back. Countdown… 3-2-1… and pull the trigger. The MENTOS will drop and the soda will go flying into the air!

6. Pour out the remaining soda and take a look at the MENTOS®. You can see where the soda has eaten away at the surface of the candy. No need to waste the candy… they still taste great.

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Mentos Geyser Experiment

How Does It Work? Here's the question of the day... Why does mixing Mentos with soda produce this incredible eruption? You should know that there is considerable debate over how and why this works. While we offer the most probable explanations below, we also understand and admit that other explanations could be possible... and we welcome your thoughts. As you probably know, soda pop is basically sugar (or diet sweetener), flavoring, water, and preservatives. The thing that makes soda bubbly is invisible carbon dioxide gas, which is pumped into bottles at the bottling factory using tons of pressure. Until you open the bottle and pour a glass of soda, the gas mostly stays suspended in the liquid and cannot expand to form more bubbles, which gases naturally do. But there's more... If you shake the bottle and then open it, the gas is released from the protective hold of the water molecules and escapes with a whoosh, taking some of the soda along with it. What other ways can you cause the gas to escape? Just drop something into a glass of soda and notice how bubbles immediately form on the surface of the object. For example, adding salt to soda causes it to foam up because thousands of little bubbles form on the surface of each grain of salt. Many scientists, including Lee Marek, claim that the Mentos phenomenon is a physical reaction, not a chemical one. Water molecules strongly attract each other, linking together to form a tight mesh around each bubble of carbon dioxide gas in the soda. In order to form a new bubble, or even to expand a bubble that has already formed, water molecules must push away from each other. It takes extra energy to break this "surface tension."• In other words, water "resists" the expansion of bubbles in the soda. When you drop the Mentos into the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic from the dissolving candy break the surface tension. This disrupts the water mesh, so that it takes less work to expand and form new bubbles. Each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pits all over the surface. These tiny pits are called nucleation sites - perfect places for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos hit the soda, bubbles form all over the surface of the candy. Couple this with the fact that the Mentos candies are heavy and sink to the bottom of the bottle and you've got a double-whammy. When all this gas is released, it literally pushes all of the liquid up and out of the bottle in an incredible soda blast. You can see a similar effect when potatoes or pasta are lowered into a pot of boiling water. The water will sometimes boil over because organic materials that leach out of the cooking potatoes or pasta disrupt the tight mesh of water molecules at the surface of the water, making it easier for bubbles and foam to form. When a scoop of ice cream is added to root beer, the float• foams over for essentially the same reason. The surface tension of the root beer is lowered by gums and proteins from the melting ice cream, and the CO2 bubbles expand and release easily, creating a beautiful foam on top. Next question... Why should you use diet Coke or diet Pepsi? The simple answer is that diet soda just works better than regular soda. Some people speculate that it has something to do with the artificial sweetener, but the verdict is still out. More importantly, diet soda does not leave a sticky mess to have to clean up. Hey, that's important.

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What's the record for the biggest Mentos fountain? My official record is an 18-foot blast that shot up and almost took out a half million dollar, high-definition television camera.

Elephant’s Toothpaste - Kid Version – Steve Spangler A kid-safe version of the classic Elephant's Toothpaste This is a kid-safe version of the popular Elephant's Toothpaste demonstration using common household materials. A child with a great adult helper can safely do this activity and the results are wonderful. Materials

16 oz empty plastic soda bottle (preferably with a narrow neck such as those made by Coca-Cola)

1/2 cup 20-volume hydrogen peroxide (20-volume is 6% solution, purchased from a beauty supply store)

Squirt of Dawn dish detergent 3-4 drops of food coloring 1 teaspoon yeast dissolved in approximately 2 tablespoons very warm water Funnel Foil cake pan with 2-inch sides Safety glasses

Experiment

1. Have students put on their safety glasses and lab smock. Each student should have in front of them a cake pan, plastic bottle, Dawn in small cup, food coloring, 1/2 cup peroxide, and the dissolved yeast mixture.

2. Stand the bottle up in the center of the cake pan. Put the funnel in the opening. Add 3-4 drops of food coloring to the peroxide and pour the peroxide through the funnel into the bottle. Show a water molecule diagram and a peroxide molecule diagram, pointing to the extra oxygen that will be set free in the reaction.

3. Add the Dawn detergent to the peroxide in the bottle. 4. Pour the yeast mixture into the bottle and quickly remove the funnel. 5. The students can touch the bottle to feel any changes that take place.

How Does It Work? Talk about the addition of the yeast as a catalyst, which makes the peroxide molecule release the oxygen atom faster. The teacher who submitted this experiment claims to have done this with hundreds of students from kindergarten through fifth grade and some adults who all loved the experiment. It is very easy and safe to do again at home using regular hydrogen peroxide from the drugstore. Observations The reaction creates foam that shoots up out of the bottle and pools in the pan. After a minute or so, it begins to come out in a moving stream that looks like toothpaste being squeezed out of a tube. The students can play with the foam as it is just soap and water with oxygen bubbles. The bottle will feel warm to the touch as this is an exothermic reaction.

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Rising Water Secret Watch – Steve Spangler You’ll have to watch closely and use everything that you know about air in order to explain the mystery of the rising water. You heard right! Air is the key to why the water rises in this experiment... but you'll have to do the experiment yourself to find out just how air affects the water. Materials

Candle

Matches

Pie pan or dish

Juice bottle, jar, or clear vase

Water Food coloring Experiment

1. This experiment requires the use of matches... and that means adult supervision. 2. Fill a plastic cup up with water. About 9 oz. should do the trick. 3. Add 2 or 3 drops of food coloring to the water. This will make the movement of

the water easier to see later on in the experiment. 4. Pour the water into the plate or pan and place the candle in the middle of the

water. 5. Light the candle. 6. Cover the candle with the vase and think about what is taking place both inside

and outside of the vase. What invisible thing is inside the vase? Carefully observe what happens to the water around the vase. It's bubbling! What happens to the candle flame?

7. Repeat the experiment several times until you can write down or draw a picture that explains why the water level rises.

How Does It Work? The candle flame heats the air in the vase, and this hot air expands. Some of the expanding air escapes out from under the vase — you might see some bubbles. When the flame goes out, the air in the vase cools down and the cooler air contracts. The cooling air inside of the vase creates a vacuum. This imperfect vacuum is created due to the low pressure inside the vase and the high pressure outside of the vase. We know what you're thinking, the vacuum is sucking the water into the vase right? You have the right idea, but scientists try to avoid using the term "suck" when describing a vacuum. Instead, they explain it as gases exerting pressure from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. A common misconception regarding this experiment is that the consumption of the oxygen inside of the bottle is also a factor in the water rising. Truth is, there is a possibility that there would be a small rise in the water from the flame burning up

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oxygen, but it is extremely minor compared to the expansion and contraction of the gases within the bottle. Simply put, the water would rise at a steady rate if the oxygen being consumed were the main contributing factor (rather than experiencing the rapid rise when the flame is extinguished) SUCK AN EGG INTO A BOTTLE

Steve Spangler - MATERIALS:

glass bottle with a long, narrow neck (an apple cider jug works well)

boiled egg matches

PROCESS: Put the empty bottle on a table. Peel the boiled egg. Light a match and drop it into the bottle. Repeat about three or four times. Quickly put the egg over the mouth of the bottle. EXPLANATION: What happens? The lit match heats the air inside the bottle. When air is heated it expands and takes up more room. As the heated air expands, some of it escapes out of the bottle. When the matches go out, the air inside the bottle cools and contracts, which takes up less room. This creates a lower pressure inside the bottle than outside the bottle. The greater pressure outside the bottle forces the egg to get sucked into the bottle. *To get the egg back out of the bottle, tilt the bottle and blow air into it

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MAGICAL PLASTIC BAG EXPERIMENT Here’s a fun experiment that won’t take a lot of time, and it’s more than likely that you have all the “ingredients” around the house. The idea that we’re testing here is what will happen if we poke a sharp pencil through a plastic bag of water. Will the water leak through the holes? Will the water spill out? Or will the bag reseal around the pencils, keeping the water inside? Materials

Zip-up Bag Water Sharpened Pencils

We filled a zip-up bag about half-way with water and sealed it up. I held the bag high over a sink and N poked the pencils straight through the bag, from one side to the other. Make sure that the pencil doesn’t keep traveling through the bag or you’ll have water leaks. Keep adding pencils until you’ve had enough. Before removing the pencils, take a moment to talk about what you see. When the pencil goes into the bag, the bag seems to magically seal itself around the pencil. When you’re done, remove the pencils over a sink. The Science Behind the Experiment Plastic bags are made out of polymers, chains of molecules that are flexible and give the bag its stretchiness. When the sharp pencil pokes through the bag, the stretchy plastic hugs around the pencil, creating a watertight seal around the pencil…and the bag doesn’t leak. BOUNCING BUBBLES Supplies:

1 C distilled drinking water 1 Tablespoon dish soap 1 Teaspoon of glycerin (I ordered mine online) straw (this is just what I chose to blow the bubbles with, Im assuming you can use a typical bubble wand) 1 clean glove (or sock) – (this is to keep the bubble from popping)

MIX ALL INGREDIENTS TOGETHER AND LET SIT FOR 24 HOURS You can catch the bubbles!! http://www.playathomemomllc.com/2011/09/bouncing-bubbles-2/

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MAKE A BOUNCING POLYMER BALL

The bouncing ball in this activity is made from a polymer. Polymers are molecules made up of repeating chemical units. Glue contains the polymer polyvinyl acetate (PVA), which cross-links to itself when reacted with borax. Supplies:

Borax (found in the laundry section of the store) cornstarch (found in the baking section of the store) white glue (e.g., Elmer's glue - makes an opaque ball) or blue or clear school glue (makes a translucent ball) warm water food coloring (optional) measuring spoons spoon or craft stick to stir the mixture 2 small plastic cups or other containers for mixing marking pen watch with a second hand metric ruler zip-lock plastic baggie

Directions:

1. Label one cup 'Borax Solution' and the other cup 'Ball Mixture'. 2. Pour 2 tablespoons warm water and 1/2 teaspoon borax powder into the cup labeled

'Borax Solution'. Stir the mixture to dissolve the borax. Add food coloring, if desired. 3. Pour 1 tablespoon of glue into the cup labeled 'Ball Mixture'. Add 1/2 teaspoon of the

borax solution you just made and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. Do not stir. Allow the ingredients to interact on their own for 10-15 seconds and then stir them together to fully mix. Once the mixture becomes impossible to stir, take it out of the cup and start molding the ball with your hands.

4. The ball will start out sticky and messy, but will solidify as you knead it. 5. Once the ball is less sticky, go ahead and bounce it! 6. You can store your plastic ball in a sealed ziploc bag when you are finished playing with

it. 7. Don't eat the materials used to make the ball or the ball itself. Wash your work area,

utensils, and hands when you have completed this activity. http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/ss/bounceball_2.htm

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The Exploding Super Hero Slammer Pictured: Super Hero Paddle Tennis ($5.99, in store only), Jelly Belly Green Apple Topping ($2.99), Set of 3 Pocket Notebooks (for recipes & formulas, $4.99, in store only), Spritz Disposable Straw ($1.99, set of 20), Super Hero Foam Mask Kit ($4.99), Boom! Super Hero Candy Confections ($2.99, in store only)

This is the super hero of all drinks, period! Anything using Pop Rocks is just plain awesome—this crazy drink explodes the second you add the final ingredient. Who doesn’t like a little chaos? Your kids will be smiling from ear to ear after completing this fizzy experiment. Believe it or not, the explosive combination of Mentos and soda has baffled people for years. Even the guys from MythBusters found the mystery worthy of a closer look and came up with an explanation of their own. INGREDIENTS

6 ounces Sprite

3 tablespoons Jelly Belly Green Apple Syrup

2 Mentos candies, green apple flavored

1 pack Pop Rocks, watermelon or strawberry

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1 pinch baking soda DIRECTIONS Pour the Sprite, apple cider vinegar, and Jelly Belly Green Apple Syrup into a chilled glass. Mix together with a spoon. Drop in the Mentos and let them fall to the bottom of the glass. Now comes the fun part: add a pinch of baking soda and quickly pour in the Pop Rocks. Push a straw through the froth and start drinking from the bottom up! The concoction mixes together beautifully and tastes great.

Ocean Water Ingredients

3 tablespoons water

3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon coconut extract

3 drops blue food coloring

2 (12 ounce) cans lemon-lime soda Instructions

1. In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine water and sugar. Heat in microwave for about 1 minutes. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved.

2. Pour the sugar mixture into a pitcher. Add coconut extract, food coloring, and soda. Stir to combine. Enjoy over ice.

Wild Wet and Wacky Kitchen Creation

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Salt water taffy Making taffy is super fun. I will warn you though, your arms will get quite the workout. Especially if you cook it to about 265. Mine got really tough after a few minutes and by the end of the 20 minutes of stretching I was starting to sweat and my arms were starting to shake. Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad! Just look at it like.. you're burning the calories for what you're about to eat. That works! And you'll need that motto because this taffy is addictive. If the stretching part seems intimidating, don't let it! It really is the best part and quite fun. I stretched it long (like a snake), brought the ends together to form a big circle, squished both sides together, folded it in half (see first stretching picture above), then stretched it long again and repeated. Do what feels right to you, it'd be hard to mess up. Salt water taffy Yields approx. 50 pieces/1.5 pounds adapted from here. Ms Humble also did it here 2 cups sugar 2 T. Cornstarch 1 cup light corn syrup 3/4 cup water 2 T. margarine/butter 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. Flavoring oil (I didn't have flavoring oil so I used a tablespoon or more of Mint extract) Prepare a heat safe dish by lightly buttering it. If you are making more than one flavor, prep said amount of dishes. Also lightly butter a spatula for each flavor. And have each flavor and food color ready. In a saucepan, sift together sugar and cornstarch. Stir in corn syrup, water, salt and margarine. Place over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves. Cover pan and bring to a boil for 2 or 3 minutes. Uncover, place thermometer in pan and cook to 256 - 266 degrees F. The lower temperature will result in a chewier taffy, the higher a more brittle texture. Remove from heat and add food color and flavoring. Stir gently, pour into prepared dish/pan. When cool enough to handle, grease hands and pull the warm candy with fingertips, pulling out to about 12 inches at first. Quickly turn candy back from fingertips of one hand to the other hand, then catch center and pull again. This will incorporate air into the candy. Continue pulling until taffy is light in color and has a satiny gloss, about twenty minutes. Pull into a long rope, cut with greased scissors and wrap in waxed paper squares, twisting ends.

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Jello Marshmallow Pinwheels Ingredients

3 oz package Flavored Gelatin 1/2 cup Water 1 1/2 cup Mini Marshmallows Instructions

1. Lightly spray 8" square glass baking disk with non stick spray. Wipe off excess.

2. Whisk together water and gelatin in microwave safe bowl. 3. Microwave for 1 minute. 4. Whisk contents well, add marshmallows and stir. 5. Microwave for 30 seconds and stir until marshmallows are dissolved. If they

do not completely dissolve microwave another 15 seconds. 6. Pour contents into prepared disk and refrigerate for 30-45 minutes. 7. Use a butter knife to loosen around edges. Roll up and place seam side

down on cutting board. 8. Use dental f loss or twine to cut into slices by sliding under roll, wrapping

over top and pulling ends. 9. Refrigerate slices until ready to serve.

Underwater Ocean Jello Cups AKA Fish Bowl Fun Prep Time 20 min. Total Time 1 hr. 20 min. Servings 4 What You Need

3/4 cup boiling water

1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin

ice cubes

1/2 cup cold water

20 JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows, cut in half

8 fish-shaped soft & chewy candies

9 vanilla wafers, coarsely chopped Make It

1. Add boiling water to gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved.

2. Add enough ice cubes to cold water to measure 1-1/4 cups. 3. Add to gelatin; stir until slightly thickened. Remove any

unmelted ice. 4. Refrigerate gelatin 15 to 20 min. or until set but not firm; stir

vigorously to create "bubbles."

5. Place chopped wafers in 4 clear plastic cups; cover with marshmallows and gelatin. 6. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Top with candies just before serving.

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1. What gets wetter as it dries? A towel

2. If you throw a white rock into the Red Sea, what does it become? Wet

3. Where do fish keep their money? In a riverbank

4. Why is it so easy to weigh fish? Because they have their own scales

5. What do you get when you cross a shark and a snowman? Frostbite

6. Which fish is the most famous? The starfish

7. How do you confuse a fish? Put it in a round fishbowl and tell it to go the corner.

8. Why did the shark spit out the clown? Because he tasted funny

9. Where can you find an ocean with no water? On a map

10. What did the ocean say to the beach? Nothing. It just waved.

11. What kind of hair do oceans have? Wavy

12. What washes up on very small beaches? Microwaves

13. What did one toilet say to the other toilet? You look flushed

14. What do you get when you toss a million books into the ocean? A title wave

15. What kinds of rocks are never found in the ocean? Dry ones.

16. What runs but never walks? Water

17. What should you take on a trip to the desert? A thirst-aid kit

18. What is a dolphin’s favorite TV show? Whale of Fortune

19. What time is it when a whale runs into your boat? Time to get a new boat.

20. Why was the whale so sad? Because he was a blue whale.

21. What do you call the mushy stuff stuck between a shark’s teeth? Slow swimmers

22. If a shark is after you, what should you feed it? Jawbreakers

23. What does a shark like to eat with peanut butter sandwiches? Jellyfish

24. What sharks would you find at a construction site? Hammerhead sharks

25. Which sharks do you find in heaven? Angel sharks.

26. What hobby does a shark like best? Anything he can sink his teeth into.

27. Who is the most famous shark writer? William Sharkspeare

28. Why are fish so smart? Because they live in schools

29. What fish is the most valuable? Goldfish.

30. What is the best way to catch a fish? Have someone throw it at you.

31. What do you get when you cross a school of fish with an elephant? Swimming

trunks

32. What is a knight’s favorite fish? A swordfish

33. What did Cinderella wear when she went swimming in the ocean? Glass flippers.

34. What do you get when you graduate from scuba diving school? A deep-loma.

35. What did the beach say when the tide came in? Long time, no sea

Wild Wet and Wacky Riddles

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WATER KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES Knock knock. Who’s there? Water. Water who? Water way to answer the door! Knock, knock Who's there? Dwayne Dwayne who? Dwayne the bathtub. It is overflowing. Knock, Knock. Who's there? Water. Water who? Water you doing in my house? PART 1: Knock! Knock! Who's there? Ice cream! Ice cream who? Ice cream if you throw me in the cold, cold water! PART 2: Knock! Knock! Who's there? Ice cream soda! Ice cream soda who? Ice cream soda whole world will know what a bad thing you did!

WATER-THEMED TONGUE TWISTERS She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

Fried fresh fish, Fish fried fresh, Fresh fried fish Fresh fish fried Or fish fresh fried

Try fat flat flounders Try fat flat flounders Try fat flat flounders Swan swam over the pond Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again Well swum, swan!

Clean clams crammed in clean cans

I do like cheap sea trips Cheap sea trips on ships. I like to be on the deep blue sea, When the ship she rolls and dips.

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