"A belated thanks on all the feedback here, fellas. Science club ended up being a big hit, even with some pretty rudimentary projects. To recap how it went:
Week 1 - Physics and "cannons". They worked...well enough.…"
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Youth Science Club - looking for ideas
Started this discussion. Last reply by Matt Jackson Jul 28, 2012. 7 Replies 1 Favorite
Hey, Gang - I have summers off from teaching and, to make a little extra cash for Baby's college fund, I spend some of that time working with a local youth program. The program does clubs every…Continue
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Ben Gray replied to Matt Jackson's discussion 'Youth Science Club - looking for ideas'"Projectiles and percussion are often winners with kids and science, I know they got me interested as a kid and again as a teen. As well as marshmallow cannons you could use baking soda and vinegar to shoot corks from bottles, which also has a…"
Shawn Durham replied to Matt Jackson's discussion 'Youth Science Club - looking for ideas'"For the 5-10 crowd my favorite thing was non-newtonian fluids. The basic formula is corn-starch and water. Very easy to make. A little green food coloring and you have the stuff from "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" and then…"
Rob Keisacker replied to Matt Jackson's discussion 'Youth Science Club - looking for ideas'"Matt,
A GREAT summer activity, depending on where you live, would be to make solar ovens. I did this with sixth graders before, but could easily be simplified to your age group. Cardboard boxes, tin foil, clear wrap, and a few other…"
Glenn Gass replied to Matt Jackson's discussion 'Youth Science Club - looking for ideas'"I run a makers club at my son's school. We do many things including, appliance disassembly, building Legos, convert rc cars into battle bots, and learn to cook. Last summer we built a Rube Goldberg Machines and a large…"
"A few cool ideas that you might be interested in:
1.) A moon journal_record weather conditions, location of moon at given time(s) in the late evening/early night for a month. Sketch the phase. Then use the journals at key points to…"
Matt Jackson replied to Daniel Donahoo's discussion 'What was your first video game addiction?'"I'm going to call this a tie between Mega Man 2 and Mortal Kombat II - apparently I have a thing for sequels. I actually passed by an arcade version of MK II earlier this week and my brain went "I want to go to there" (Liu Kang…"
Matt Jackson replied to Matt Jackson's discussion 'Youth Science Club - looking for ideas'"Side note: I do realize that there's an entire projects section on the site here - I'm just hoping to get a bit of a conversation going regarding what works well with groups"
Matt Jackson posted a discussionYouth Science Club - looking for ideas
Hey, Gang - I have summers off from teaching and, to make a little extra cash for Baby's college fund, I spend some of that time working with a local youth program. The program does clubs every Friday and I volunteered to lead a Science Club for three, 2-hour sessions. The dilemma? My background is in the humanities and my professional focus is Student Development - science is always just kind of a "Hey, neat, Mythbusters is on!" hobby for me.I'm hoping for a few ideas on fun (and cheap!)…See More
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