idea for little scientists activity

[alicey]

This activity will go for a whole month, and it's my first attempt to running an activity like this, think of some activities to play with kids, guide them to think of some great ideas, like a little scientists.
Well, hope i can get some ideas, please help. Thanks.

[JeremyinFrance]

If you buy a bag of mung beans (sometimes called moong beans - small green beans) you can get each student, or pair of students, to sprout them. You'll need a load of jars and access to water but the beans sprout quickly so over a weekend you'll get a real difference - nice for practising the present perfect: Look, my shoots have grown an extra cm! You could also do superlatives, who has the longest, the shortest, the thickest etc. Most importantly, you get a tasty snack at the end of the exercise!
Jeremy
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jeremytaylor

[mesmark]

Here is a link to Scholastic Magic School Bus with 20+ simple science ideas. They are very easy to prepare and offer ideas for feedback exercises.

http://place.scholastic.com/magicschool ... /index.htm

That ought to get you started, if you're working with young children.

If you are doing this with older (JHS/HS) students those activities might be too simple. Here are some more activities that are better for older students.

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments/

I hope that helps,

Mark
www.mes-english.com