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Post by gaetzchamp on Apr 20, 2005 23:58:43 GMT -5
I know there are a couple of teachers here on the board (Condor, etc) who may be of help, but this is open to everyone. Do you have some fun, interesting, interactive experiments/activities teaching kids about the earth/geology/paleontology/meteorology???? I've found a ton of stuff on the Internet, but was hoping maybe some of you had some tried and true favorites.
My kids (ages 8, 5, 3) enjoy the tumbling, but at their young age, they're not too enthused. We've also grown crystals but that tends to take awhile too.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Gaetz#nosmileys
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agatenut
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2004
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Post by agatenut on Apr 21, 2005 6:20:35 GMT -5
There's nothing like good ol' fashioned rock hunting to get kids interested in rocks and geology. When I taught middle school, I would take the kids to our railroad tracks located a couple of blocks from the school. They found lots of pet wood, some fossils, flint, agate, and jasper. It made a nice 45 minute field trip.
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MNRob
starting to shine!
Member since April 2005
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Post by MNRob on Apr 21, 2005 18:52:43 GMT -5
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 21, 2005 20:09:04 GMT -5
hahaha there cool MNRob-- i think it was jack from across the pond in england that showed us some realy cool bugs his wife made ,, i looked but dont remember the thread but if your looking for stuff to keeps kids intrested i would ask him to post the pic again,, they looked pretty easy and they where very cool looking
i hope i got his name right i just took a back pill and it sounds good but after one of those everything sounds good hahaha
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 21, 2005 20:18:17 GMT -5
Sands, Jack is in New Zealand (across the pond and down under) but I think it was his post.  I don't have natural children of my own, but at 42, became a stepmother. She's about to turn 9. I'd love to hear some imput on this as well. Thanks for askin' cookie |
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 21, 2005 20:42:48 GMT -5
not that jack hahaha this one ----- Jack ( Yorkshire)
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 21, 2005 21:08:07 GMT -5
um,
DUH!
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cookie
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Tellfamily
spending too much on rocks
Member since September 2004
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Post by Tellfamily on Apr 24, 2005 9:45:04 GMT -5
Awhile back I picked up a sample bord of 100 rocks found in the US of A. Each rock was mounted to a little piece of paper with the name of the rock & where it is found.
Our children (10, 10 {twins} 8, 7) just love to look at the rocks and the map to see where they came from.
Also our 7 year old did a little report at school about rocks. She took a sample of the rough & finished rock and told them where they came from. We had a little map of Utah with all the fiding marked. She told them about all the fun we had collecting & camping along the way.
Memories that they will always remember. Family trips that are creative, cheap (just gasoline . . . but it was a lot less last summer) & lots of fun.
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Post by Condor on Apr 24, 2005 11:46:48 GMT -5
Here are a couple of fun things that we do in our Science class. Get dry ice and break into tiny pieces then place in the little plastic containers that 35mm film comes in. Add water then place lid on it and watch it pop up several feet high. If you really want to be brave, go out to a field, and do it with a large plastic (3 liter) container. Just add more dry ice and water. Another one is making hot air balloons with tissue paper. The ones we make in class are about nine feet tall. These work best in the winter time. We've been using blow dryers to get the heat inside the balloon. Next year, our plan is to use a camping stove with the long cylinder type chimney. They colder it is, the higher it will go. Then there is the old walkie talkies. Get two cans and make a small hole at the bottom of each one. Get a long piece of speaker wire, tie a knot on one end then run it through one can out to the other one. Tie another knot after you run it through the second can. Kids love hearing their voices come out through the cans.
Condor
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