Preschool and Kindergarten Science That Makes You Go MAD

In this ongoing, once a week science class we take a hands on approach in teaching our learners the wonderful world of science. Each class Teacher Lauren will present students with a experiment theme. The entire class will revolve around theme. Students will then participate in hands on activities pertaining to the topic. These activities often include the experiment, a craft, or a stem lesson. Examples of activities are: Creating a tornado, making rain clouds, walking water experiments or some of them many experiments we will work on in this class.  Songs and finger plays will act as transition activities as we move though the lesson. As a extension of the lesson Ms. Lauren will provide the students with games, worksheets, and activities to not only work on in the classroom but also can be used as extra learning at home.   

* Disclaimer is a ongoing class and even though we do follow a topic each class are stand alone and students will not miss out on any information one week to the next. 

Below you will find the themes according to the date. Each theme the titles of both lesson/experiments next to them. 

Classes for 2022 -
The week of June 6th "Balloons" Butterfly STEM challenge
The week of June 13th  "Adaptations"Bird and Beak adaptations
The week of June 20th "Coloring Changing Magic"  Invisible ink, magic color mixing
The week of June 27th "Exploding Fireworks" Baking Soda and Vinegar Fireworks, Exploding Colors in the Magic Milk Experiment
The week of July 4th No class this week
The week of July 11th "OOBLECK" Making Oobleck. Sink and float oobleck
The week of July 18th "Wonderful Water - The Water Cycle" Water cycle in a bag, Rain in a jar
The week of July 25th  "Germs" Pepper & Soap experiment, Blow paint germs
The week of August 1st "Big Blue Ocean" Layers of the Ocean
The week of August 8th "Blast off to the Moon" Craters, Moon Rocks
The week of August 15th "Apple of my eye" Apple Investigation, Apple Volcano 
The week of August 22nd "Birds take Flight" Whirly, Twirly little birdy
The week of August 29th "Bubbles" Painting with Bubbles, Mix your own bubble solution
***September will be coming out soon.***

The week of Oct 19th "Spider week" Spider vs. Insect, Make a spider
The week of Oct 25th "Pumpkins"  Pumpkin Investigation, Dissolving Pumpkins
The week of Nov 1st "Corny Science" Corn vs. Popcorn, Popcorn and the 5 senses
The week of Nov 8th "Leaves" Why do leaves change color, Autumn leaves steam absorption
The week of Nov 15th "Five Senses of Fall"  Exploring the Fall using our senses
The week of Nov 22nd Thanksgiving Break Off
The week of Nov 29th "Sound" Jingle Bell Science, Dancing Jingle Bells
The week of Dec 7th "Candy Canes" Fizzing candy canes, Bending candy canes
The week of Dec 14th "Gingerbread Men" Gingerbread men in different puddles, Gingerbread Stem
The week of Dec 21st  "Christmas" Christmas lava lamp, magic milk
The week of Dec 27th Christmas Break Off

2023 Classes 
The week of Jan 2nd  "Snow" Snow storm in a jar, Frost Experiment 
The week of Jan 9th "Arctic Animals" Blubber Science, Penguin Science
The week of Jan 16th "Ice" Fizzing ice cubes, Salt and Ice stem challenge
The week of Jan 23rd  "Winter" Grow your own polar bear, Hot chocolate surprise
The week of Jan 30th  "Hearts" Frozen Heart, Grow a Heart
The week of Feb 6th  "Dental Health" Elephant toothpaste, What do sugary drinks do to your teeth
The week of Feb 13th "Valentine" Valentine layered liquid density, Valentines volcano science 
The week of Feb 20th  "Marvelous Magnets"  Magnet Exploring
The week of  Feb 27th "Weather" Tornado in a jar, 
The week of Mar 6th  "Magical Creatures" Foaming Dragon, Skittles the unicorn
The week of Mar 13th "Rainbows" Rainbow rain, Walking Rainbow
The week of Mar 20th  "Space" Galaxy milk, Erupting black holes
The week if Mar 27th "Ocean" Salt Water Density, Why don't sharks sink?
The week of April 3rd "Dinosaurs" Fizzy dinosaur eggs, Make your own fossils 
The week of April 10th "Farm" Butter Making, Hopping Corn
The week of April 17th Spring Break Week Off
The week of April 24th  "Volcanoes" Play-doh volcano, Underwater Volcano
The week of May 1st "Pirates" Pirate Sink or Float, Exploding Treasure
The week of May 8th "Ice cream" Ice cream volcano, Ice cream in a bag
The week of May 15th "Fun with Money" Cleaning your pennies, Disappearing coin trick, water drop penny.
The week of May 22nd "What's the Matter with you?" Changing matter-painting with salt, DIY Orange soda
The week of May 29th "Let your light shine" Light energy experiment, Art- Color and light





* This is a beginners class and you do not need any scientific knowledge to be in this class. Students MUST be able to follow simple directions as we they will need to do so when following a experiment. Three year old students are welcome to take this class however younger students MAY need a parent’s assistance during the experiment. Younger three year old students may not be ready for a class that is semi structured.  
 
Teaching style for this Class:
Ms. Lauren loves interaction in all her classes. I love to ask questions and getting the students to respond and interact with the class as a whole. I love to hear what my students have to say about their experiments and more. I do try to keep the students unmuted as much as I can however this is a science class with experiments. During experiments I have noticed the best way to get students to hear directions is to mute while doing the actual experiment set up. This way students only hear my directions. I ask students to raise their hands during the experiment if they have any questions. As soon as the actual set up of the experiment is done I will unmute so that students can interact during the rest of the class. I also unmute if their is questions during that time frame. 

This class is a little structured because we are following a experiment. However I try to take my que from my students. If I see they are exploring and interacting we may not move on right away. If I see they need a break from what they are doing we will move to another activity.