Hands-On Science: Valentine’s Day Experiments (Flex)
In this 4-week flex course, students will learn some neat science by doing fun Valentine's Day-themed science activities!
Julie Coder
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4.9
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What's included
Class Experience
US Grade 1 - 4
Learn four science concepts by doing a series of Valentine's Day-themed experiments. This is a flexible schedule class- there are no live meetings scheduled. Each week, new material will be uploaded including links to videos, a pdf file of that week's handouts including written instructions and questions, and classroom posts where students share their results and discussion about that week's experiments. ***Week 1: Making a Love Potion- Acids and Bases*** Students will learn about acids and bases and reaction rates and then use that knowledge to create several variants on a "love potion" and make a fizzing bath bomb Video 1: Acids and bases Video 2: How to make "love potions" Video 3: How to make a fizzing bath bomb ***Week 2: Crystal Hearts*** Students will learn about solutions and crystallization and use that knowledge to create sweet crystal hearts and dissolve candy hearts or sugar Video 1: Solutions and crystallization Video 2: How to make sweet crystal hearts Video 3: Dissolving candy hearts or sugar experiment ***Week 3: Candy Chromatography*** Students will learn about chromatography- a way of separating mixtures. Video 1: Introduction to chromatography Video 2: Candy chromatography ***Week 4: Valen-slime*** Students will learn about polymers and cross-linking before making their own cross-linked polymer- slime! Video 1: The science of polymers and slime Video 2: How to make valen-slime
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Some students may need assistance with the hands-on science experiments.
For the experiments that use sugar and candy, I can provide alternative instructions upon request that do not use candy but do not change the science behind the experiment.
Links to unlisted YouTube videos will be used to deliver instructor-created course content. This does not require any registration or account.
Supply List
All handouts and instructions will be provided. Students will need supplies- most are common household items- and a list will be made available at least one week before the start of the course.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined January, 2019
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Science
I am a certified chemistry teacher (grades 7-12) with almost two decades of teaching experience. I have 7 years of experience in the high school classroom and four years of experience teaching online through Outschool. I have also done private tutoring at the high school and college level, taught freshman college chemistry recitations and labs, and worked in various science outreach settings including museums, middle school after school science programs, and science summer camps. From these experiences, I have worked with a lot of different types of learners at various stages of interest, ability, and motivation- from preschoolers wide-eyed at everything in science to high school students simply taking the class as a requirement to college freshmen chemistry majors passionate about the course with never-ending questions. I can tailor my teaching style to fit the learner, and I do what I can to make it approachable by anyone.Reviews
Live Group Class
$5
weekly or $20 for 4 weeks4 weeks
Completed by 24 learners
No live video meetings
Ages: 6-11
