Showing posts with label glow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glow. Show all posts

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Constellation Viewer



Kids transform into mini Astronomers! 2 freebies from Austin Kids (edit: this site is down) and Girl Start (both featured above). Punch (make holes) the templates and stick the printable cards over a flashlight, turn off the lights, and go stargazing indoors! Update: here is another link for a free printable of constellation templates from Playground Park Bench!

Also, check out Moon Phase Viewer and Cloud Viewer!

Monday, May 28, 2012

Moon Games


1. Awesome hands on activities from Lunar Prospector! First, construct a lunar habitat out of recycled materials in your classroom or home that meets your basic needs! Click here for details! While exploring your "habitat," collect moon rocks (assortment of candy or stones). Eack kid gets one rock. Then, have them write a fully detailed sentence that describes their rock (texture, color, etc.). Line the rocks up in a row. Can your classmates match the right description to each rock? 

2. Figure out how much you weigh on the moon, as well as each planet!

3. Disney Family Fun has an active night game that reinforces the number of days in a lunar cycle! Kids split up outside and try to capture the moon (a soccer ball), which is being guarded by an astronaut with a flashlight that is deadly! Light will take them out of the game. Click here for details! Younger kid version - to put a twist on the game, you could pass out flashlights to all of the kids and hide the soccer ball. Then, have kids hunt for it using their light. Whoever finds the moon first wins.

4. Make moon craters

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Stars in a Jar

photo via Intimate Weddings
Create your own jar full of stars! Splatter glow paint inside of mason jars. Visit Intimate Weddings for a photo tutorial!

Note: You can also use glow in the dark paint.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Lava Lamp!



materials:
soda bottle
3/4 cup of water
vegetable oil
Alka Seltzer
food coloring

instructions:
1. Pour water into the bottle.
2. Add vegetable oil into the bottle until it's almost full. Let the oil and water separate.4. Add 10 drops of food coloring.
3. Break the tablet in half and drop the half tablet into the bottle. To keep the effect going, just add another tablet piece. Shine a flashlight through the bottom of the bottle and turn off the lights!