I have an article up over at Skepchick on Science for kids. These are just a few things I did as a kid, or do with my kids, but feel free to chime in with other suggestions.
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Lance Mannion has a really nice contrast between childhood now and back in the 1970's that doesn't go in the usual decline-of-society direction.
Last week we wondered how having kids affects our own childhood memories. In many ways, our kids remind us of our own childhood, allowing us to relive our favorite memories.
Funding trips for classes of school children is a complicated business in Sweden. This is due to two commonly held conventional ideas. One is that it would be unfair to ask each family to simply pay for their kid, since not all families may be able to afford the trip.
Here I have just a few suggestions for science books for the kiddos. See this post for the adult version.
I loved the article you wrote. While I'm not a scientist so to speak, I am in school to be an elementary school science teacher. It's amazing how even the other people in my college courses think science is all hum-drum and difficult. My big goal is to get kids to enjoy science a little bit more, get them out the door with a different idea about how they can understand, and have fun with, the world. Thanks for the good read =o)
science project for kids at WonderWhizKids helps your kids improve on basics, a grasp on fundamental concepts of science in an interactive and collaborative environment.
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science project for kids