New Goo Blue Goo

Have you ever let your children make goo?

Mine have a ball with it and it keeps them occupied for days.

All you need is:

1 box of cornstarch

1 1/2 cups water

food coloring

Put the cornstarch in a bowl, add the water and food coloring and let your children mix it up with their hands.

Squish, squish!

We made ours blue to begin with.

It was real soupy at first but it stiffened up a little as they played with it.

They decided to change the color to...lavender.

Added more red and made...pink.

More blue...

It dried out overnight.

The next day we added more water and played with it again!

As far as clean-up goes, it was a breeze. The goo dries pretty fast and I just used a rubber spatula to scrape the drips off the table, then wiped it down.

Don't pour it down the drain!

This is simple, inexpensive fun and can even be used in a science lesson.
Is It Liquid Or Solid?

Outrageous Ooze

Solid or Liquid? Non-Newtonian Fluid video

You can try this at home! :)

Homeschool Freebies For Studying Rocks and Minerals

This week's free product from CurrClick is "Rocks and Minerals", a unit study published by Heather Langston of Hip2Homeschool Unit Studies.



The Mineral Information Institute has a wealth of infomation on the Earth's natural resources including five downloadable teacher's lesson packs, individual activities and classroom demonstrations.


And I found a gem at Google Books, "Madam How and Lady Why: Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children" by classical author Charles Kingsley.

Homeschool Freebies For National Chemistry Week

October 19th to the 25th is National Chemistry Week so I've put together a list of resources for activities and experiments:

Having a Ball with Chemistry: The Chemistry of Sports -20 downloadable activities

American Chemical Society Science for Kids -activities, puzzles and games

Chemical Of the Week -downloadable facts and information

100 Classic Chemistry Experiments

Alka-Seltzer Student Science Experiments

The Science House Countertop Chemistry

Kid Cococtions -Gak, Oobleck, Flubber, Silly Putty

Experiments in Electrochemistry

National Geographic Polymers They're Everywhere -all about plastics

Polymers for Kids -activities for elementary and middle school students

The pH Factor -learn about acids and bases

Nutrients, Algae and Oxygen

Magic Salt Crystal Garden

EPA Learn About Chemicals Around Your House

Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry -high school

Biographies of Famous Chemists -links to biographies of famous chemists throughout history

Which Mad Scientist Are You?

David's Whizzy Periodic Table -click things and see what happens

Periodic Table of Elements at Las Alamos National Laboratory

Interactive Period Table of the Elements -high school

Pictures of Famous Chemists

Maria Sklodowska-Curie

Free Famous Scientists Biography Pages and Free Experiment Notebooking Pages

Science Experiment Notebooking Pages and Science Lab Form

Homeschool Printables: Science -notebooking pages

Chemistry Worksheets -high school

Unit Studies Chemistry Worksheets -high school

Splitting the Atom Lesson Plan -high school

Chemistry Video Collection from the Journal of Chemical Education

Science on the Brain -science experiment videos from Marshall Brain

Today's Homeschool Freebies- Resources For Earth Science Week

This week is National Earth Science Week and I've put together a list of some free resources I found on the web.


Mineralogy Database

National Severe Storms Laboratory's Weather Room

Hurricane Hunters Home Page

Oceanography - try me for FREE! 10 lesson unit published by Christian Cottage Unit Studies

Mini Unit- Earth Science online unit

Astronomy Unit Study

A Unit Study on Volcanoes and Earthquakes

VolcanoWorld

Volcano Webquest made for 4th grade, depends on reading level

Magnetism Web Quest for middle to upper grades

Answers In Creation Online Geology Curriculum for high school students, creation based

KidsAstronomy.com Online Astronomy Academy

Schoolyard Geology (USGS)

Geology For Kids by KidsGeo.com, online geology textbook

Surfing the Solar System: A Treasure Hunt Game and Puzzle online, requires Flash player

Museums in the Classroom Ocean Project

Ocean Adventure Webquest


Hands-on Activities

Coffee Ground "Fossils"

Crystal Garden

Do Rocks Last Forever?

Make Your Own Volcano

Shake, Rattle and Liquefy

ChemShorts for Kids a ton of chemistry experiments

Classroom Activity: A Grapefruit Saturn

Constellation Detective (pdf file)

Constellation Cookies (pdf file)

Toilet Paper Solar System (pdf file)

Making a Sun Clock

Pictures From Light

Salt Volcano - Make your own miniature "Lava Lite"

Reflecting Rainbows

Ocean Currents for grades 5-9 (pdf file)

Timing the Tides for grades 5-9 (pdf file)

Word Searches, Quizes, Worksheets, Printables

Earthquake Word Search

Geologic Word Search

Magnetism and Electricity Word Chop Worksheet

Magnetism & Electricity Vocabulary List & Definitions

Magnetism & Electricity Vocabulary Quiz

Magnetism and Electricity Word Search Worksheet

Volcano Maze (pdf file)

Solar System Fun - crossword puzzle (pdf file)

Ocean Planet Marine Life Facts

Ocean Planet Oceanographic Facts

Printable Ocean Motion Crossword Puzzle (pdf file)