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Soap Bubble Shapes
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Learners explore three-dimensional geometric frames including cubes and tetrahedrons, as they create bubble wands with pipe cleaners and drinking straws.
Our Beautiful World
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In this Bob the Builder(TM)-themed activity, learners go on a nature walk outside and describe what they observe using their senses.
Cloud Fun
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Learners complete a series of hands-on and investigative activities to explore cumulus clouds.
Clay Exploration
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In this activity, learners explore the possibilities of clay as a natural material.
Self-Portrait Silhouettes: Activity 2
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In this activity, learners make a photographic image—without a camera!
Body Biographies
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In this activity, learners will learn about a person they admire (famous, family or otherwise) or even themselves and create a life-sized silhouette.
Tactile Mazes
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In this activity (15th activity on the page) about the sense of touch, learners use glue and cardboard to construct a maze they use with their eyes closed.
Shape Stamping
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In this activity, learners will explore two-dimensional shapes that are found in three-dimensional shapes. Learners will explore geometry, design, color and tool use through this activity.
Metallophone
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing an instrument using some metal pipes, rubber bands, and a baseboard.
Kaleid-o-mania
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In this hands-on activity, learners build their own kaleidoscopes and explore how light can reflect of off surfaces such as mirrors, to produce beautiful patterns.
Spinning Illusions
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In this activity, learners construct three optical illusion toys to examine how our brains play tricks on what we see.
Zany Zen Garden
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In this activity, learners will turn an ordinary tray of sand into a desk-top garden for meditation.
Benham's Disk
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In this activity, learners make a Benham Top to explore visual illusions and optics.
Rhythm Painting
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In this activity, early learners create paintings by making music and rhythm. Learners place paper in cans, add paint-soaked beans (or pebbles) and put the tops on.
Sound Off!
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This activity includes several games about animal sounds. Using their sense of hearing and communicating with various kinds of noisemakers, learners role-play predator and prey.
Nature Walk
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In this activity, learners take an indoor nature walk and discover various objects that have been brought in from the outdoor environment.
Size It Up
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In this artistic activity, learners blow up a smaller picture into a larger one, by using a grid.
Thumb Piano
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing a simple piano out of wood and craft sticks.