Education & Technology

Children's Book Week 2020
May 4-10
Celebrate at home with us and share you’re the love of reading! Make or share a drawing, picture, or any creation honoring books your love.

Share your work with first name and age with
us, @glencovebgc #funathomewithgcbgc; #BookWeek2020atHome

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Activities with the American Museum of Natural History
Crazy Camouflage
Draw a Monarch Butterfly
Using Senses
Color Chromatography Lab
Materials: Ziploc sandwich bags, scissors, coffee filter, washable markers, 1/8 cup of water, magnets or tape, permanent markers (soft felt-tip) (optional)

New ParaWater Flow Experiment


Materials: Ziploc bag, cup or bowl, rock or weight, rimmed baking sheet, clothespin or binder clip.  



Directions: https://ziploc.com/en/Inspiration/Stem-Activities/Ages-5-8/Water-Flow-Experiment

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HOP CORN

Materials: Ziploc® brand sandwich bags, 1 handful of popcorn kernels, food coloring, 2 teaspoons baking soda, 1/2 cup of vinegar and two cups of water.



Click HERE to view directions and video tutorial.

STEM: Lava Lamp in a Ziploc bag

Materials: Ziploc sandwich bag, ½ cup water, food coloring, baby oil, antacid tablet (Tums)

Directions:
1. Pour the half cup of water into a sandwich bag (avoid filling the bag beyond half its size) Add two to three drops of food coloring and mix together.
2. Pour 1 ½ cups of oil into the bag (avoid filing the bag beyond half its size) and firmly seal the bag. Observe what happens to the oil and the water. Which substance floats to the top?
3. Break one antacid tablet into pieces (only use one tablet at a time) Drop the pieces into the bag. As the antacid dissolves, the sodium bicarbonate and citric acid react together, creating carbon dioxide gas bubbles. You made a bubble lamp!  As the bubbles rise they give a temporary lift to the water. S the bubbles burst at the surface; the water falls back down.
4. To create a lowing bubble lamp, make fluorescent water with a highlighter. Use the highlighter (yellow or green work best) to color a paper towel sheet until it’s completely covered.
5. Soak the colored sheet in a ½ cup of water for 15 seconds, until all the color has been absorbed by the water for 15 seconds, until all the color has been absorbed by the water and the towel is almost inkless.
6. Remove and wring out the paper towel to get as much of the ink until the water as you can. 8.Now repeat Steps 2-4 with the highlighter water in the place of food coloring water. For a glowing effect, add the antacid tablet pieces to the bubble lamp in a dark room. Point the black light at the bag and watch the flowing bubble lamp in action!

Water Cycle Bags – Make it Rain inside!

Materials: Ziploc sandwich bag, permanent marker (soft felt-tip), 1/3 cup water, blue food coloring (optional), tape.

Directions:
1. Gather materials. Smooth ziploc sandwich bag out on a flat surface. Use the permanent marker to draw the water cycle from the Water Cycle Printable. (Draw carefully to avoid puncturing the bag.)
2. Pour 1/3 cup of water into the bag (avoid filling the bag more than halfway.) Put one or two drops of blue food coloring into the water.
3. Find a sunny window and tape the bag up. Tape the bag at a slight angle to simulate the runoff and collection stages of the cycle.
4. Check in on the water cycle bag at different times throughout the next few days. Do you see water droplets form along the bag from the condensation? Eventually, you’ll see streaks along the side of the bag as the droplets grow and drop down the side, representing precipitation. From there, the water will recollect and pool at the bottom. How does this mimic the water cycle we see on Earth?
Materials: Ziploc sandwich bag, small wireless speaker, bowl, plastic wrap, device (phone, laptop, etc.) connected wirelessly to speaker, 2 tsp sprinkles

Directions:
1. Gather materials
2. Turn on the speaker and place it in bowl
3. Stretch the plastic wrap across the top of bowl
4. Pour some sprinkles into ziploc sandwich bag. Seal the bag, leaving a pocket of air, so the sprinkles have room to dance!
5. Place the bag on top of the plastic wrap on the bowl.
6. Using your device, find different songs and watch them go!
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Rising Soap! Quick, easy and fun experiment!      
Materials: Ivory Soap, Microwave safe bowl, and microwave.