Kitchen Table Weekly Science and STEM Experiments

🧪 🎨 Welcome to Kitchen Table Science!  Each week, we will explore science and art in a new way. These are a combination of art projects and science projects put together. 

👩‍🏫 In this class, I will guide the students as we do the science experiment together. I give opportunities for the learners to make their own hypotheses of how and why the experiment works. After they have made some guesses, I will guide them through the explanation. Learners are encouraged to do the experiments themselves. There will be time for questions and showing off the experiment as we go. 

🧽***Since this is for young learners and might be a bit messy, having a parent nearby is highly recommended. 

Some topics are subject to change, but all changes will be posted in a timely manner. 

🛒***The supply list below will be updated weekly to show the supplies needed for that week. I will also post it in the classroom on Sun or Mon. ***

APRIL: PAPER SCIENCE 
April 3 - BLOOMING FLOWER/COFFEE FILTER CHROMATOGRAPHY
April 10  - GROW A RAINBOW /MAGIC MESSAGES 
April 17 - BUILDING BRIDGES, STRONGEST TOWER
April 24 - PAPER MAGIC (MOBIUS STRIP, PAPERCLIP MAGIC)

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MAY: SLIMES
May 1 - MARSHMALLOW SLIME
May 8 - CLOUD DOUGH
May 15 - JELLO SLIME
May 22 - TRADITIONAL SLIME (uses contact solution with boric acid)

May 29 - FLUFFY SLIME (with shaving cream)
-1/2 cup Elmer's white glue
-1/2 cup water
-1/2 tsp Baking Soda/Corn Starch
-2-3 cups SHAVING CREAM (the white foamy kind)
-1 TBSP contact solution (add more as needed)
-Food coloring
-big bowl
-mixing spoon
-tray to contain the mess if you want to put it on your table.

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JUNE: MUSICAL SCIENCE:
June 5- (VOICED PERCUSSION) WATER XYLOPHONE 
-6 identical jars/glasses (I use mason jars/old spaghetti sauce jars)
-lots of Water
-Food coloring
-“Drumsticks” (chopsticks, thin sticks, spoons, etc)

June 12 - STRINGS AND FLUTES
-6 plastic straws (we will cut these)
-Tape
-Scissors
-Empty shoebox or tissue box
-Small cups/jars/bowls of various sizes
-A bunch of rubber bands (all different sizes and thickness)
-Optional: empty toilet paper or paper towel tube for the neck of the guitar

June 19 -  UNVOICED PERCUSSION (DRUM & MARACAS)
-Tray for messes
-Bowls/cans of various sizes
- balloons (not blown up yet)
-Scissors (parent help)
-Rubber bands
-rice/dried beans/etc
-Spoon/chopstick
-2-3 Plastic eggs of various sizes or other small plastic containers with a lid
-rice/beans/noodles (small things that can fit in the egg)
-Plastic spoons (2-4)
-Tape 

June 26 - NO CLASS (teacher vacation)

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July: SUN AND LIGHT:
July 3 - NO CLASS (teacher vacation)
July 10 - COLOR RESIST DRAWINGS/ CONSTRUCTION PAPER SUN PRINTS
July 17 - SOLAR OVENS
July 24 - DIY SUN DIAL AND HOW THE EARTH ROTATES THE SUN
July 31 - HOMEMADE KALEIDOSCOPE

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Aug/Sept: Water and air science 
Week of Aug 4 - Optical Illusions
Week of Aug 11 - straw rockets/gliders
Week of Aug 18 -build a maze
Week of Aug 25 - straw through a raw potato, juice box science


EACH FUTURE MONTH WILL HAVE A SEPARATE THEME. KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR UPDATES.