Today I was sitting with my son and mentioned the skin model that we did several years ago. He didn’t remember so I googled my blog and found an old post. Once he saw the pictures, he knew what I was talking about. It was a yummy way to learn…
As part of our little study on genetics we attempted to extract DNA from wheat germ and split peas. I gathered together the required items and we first attempted to extract DNA from wheat germ using this site. Sadly, it didn’t work. We didn’t repeat the experiment to attempt to make…
We did blood typing this year as part of our science study on the human body. I used a couple of kits from Rainbow Resource Center. It involved a little finger prick and squeeze to collect the blood needed. To start I had to place a drop of water on…
As I was planning out our science activities this school year I found Neuroscience for Kids to be a great place. It provides many ways to make learning about the brain hands-on. I thought my kids would enjoy making a PlayDoh brain so we tried that out. We used different…
My kids enjoy science and art, so why not combine them when we can? We recently studied the brain and incorporated string art to demonstrate the many connections we have within our brain. I found a couple of cheap frames at Michaels and the boys hammered in nails around the…
Sounds pretty gross! We made some skin yesterday and everyone had some. We have been learning about the integumentary system in science. We have read about skin, hair, and nails and even spent some time looking under a microscope at skin and hair samples. The next day we attempted to…
