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Building mobiles is a great way to teach children about concepts of balance while they also develop all of the process skills used in engineering challenges. By looking at how these mobiles move in the wind, they will also learn about air currents and how different shapes react to moving air.
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Making homemade wind chimes is a particularly satisfying activity. Not only do they sound great, but while children are constructing them they get a chance to use creative thinking and fine motor skills and to learn about the properties of different materials.
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Children’s bodies are undergoing constant change. By getting to know their own bodies better, these changes can be less mysterious. Children who are in tune with their own bodies can use all of their senses as tools as they explore and try to understand the world around them. This activity helps children learn more about their sense of sight.
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Several years ago, educators surveyed recent graduates from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the world’s top technical school, and asked them to light a flashlight bulb with a battery and a piece of wire. Few of the graduates were able to do it. Understanding basic circuits comes from experience, and many children (and adults!) haven’t had that experience. But once your students have mastered the basics of lighting a light bulb with a battery, there are limitless possibilities to the kinds of investigations they can engage in.
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Learning to observe the characteristics of objects, use descriptive vocabulary and ask the kinds of questions that lead to desired answers are all critical skills for children to develop. In this shadow guessing game, children will utilize those skills while at the same time exploring the science of shadows.
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Children’s bodies are undergoing constant change. By getting to know their own bodies better, these changes can be less mysterious. And a child who is in tune with their own body can use all of their senses as tools as they explore and try to understand the world around them. This activity helps children learn more about their sense of hearing.
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Children’s bodies are undergoing constant change. By getting to know their own bodies better, these changes can be less mysterious. And a child who is in tune with their own body can use all of their senses as tools as they explore and try to understand the world around them. This activity helps children learn more about their sense of sight.
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Cooking activities, even simple ones like this, are filled with great learning opportunities. Along with measurement and math skills, kids can develop problem solving and literacy skills as well. By experimenting with the ways that certain ingredients act and react with each other, children will gain an understanding of basic cooking chemistry, and will even learn about design as they create and make changes to their cupcake “prototypes”.
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Cooking activities are filled with great learning opportunities. Along with measurement and math skills, kids can develop problem solving and literacy skills as well. By experimenting with the ways that certain ingredients act and react with each other, children will gain an understanding of basic cooking chemistry, and by isolating these reactions, kids can become more knowledgeable bakers.
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Now that your students have tried all of the Tops activities and experimented with the size, weight and other variables involved in top design, they can use everything they’ve learned to create the ultimate top. This activity also gives students a chance to design how their top will look by drawing or coloring it with markers, colored pencils, crayons, etc.
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Boston Children's Museum
308 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
617-426-6500
© Boston Children’s Museum 2024
Website Design by Jackrabbit