On the Web
February 2005—Mixing and Matter
Links to quickly get you where S&C goes in this month’s issue.
The February issue of Science and Children is online and available
at
http://www.nsta.org/gateway&j=sc&n=51574.
The Early Years http://science.nsta.org/earlyyearsblog
Nurturing Young Chemists
Teacher’s Picks
The American Chemical Society
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=kids\kids_parent_teacher.html
Scroll down to “Guidelines for Teaching Safely” and click on “Milli’s
Safety Tips” for a one page poster on safety rules for doing chemistry.
Borax
http://www.borax.com
What is Borax, and where does it come from?
Rader’s CHEM4KIDS.COM
http://www.chem4kids.com
This often-recommended website has good sections on matter and solutions.
The Science and Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents
and Processes (CERSP)
http://www.science-house.org/CO2/activities/polymer/sillyputty.html
A similar slime activity with good explanations for elementary and middle school
students.
Mixing and Making Changes
Preschool children can explore chemistry, too.
By Peggy Ashbrook
Internet Resources
The Child and Family Network Centers
http://www.cfnc-online.org
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/CAPEexpand.pdf
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and The National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS/SDE) Early Learning Standards: Creating the Conditions for Success, 2002
A joint position statement of NAEYC and NAECS/SDE
http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/position_statement.pdf
The Play Dough Evaluation Project
Exploring homemade modeling clays is truly a “hands-on” way to helps
students understand the meaning of the word property.
By Mary Heckscher
Internet Resources
Creative Kids at Home: Homemade Playdough for Children
http://www.creativekidsathome.com/activities/activity_8.html
Playdough Recipes
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7875/recip3.html
Play Dough Recipes
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/playdough.htm
Science Shorts
The Dynamics of Dissolving/Dissolving is the Solution
Extension activity
http://chemistry.org/education/science_children.html
Every Day Science Calendar—February
The Work of Archaeologists
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/decoding_the_past/index.html
“Skateboard Science”
http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding
Elisha Gray
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/peopleevents/pande02.html
Alice Hamilton
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/hamilton-a.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_137.html