A concept that incorporates Science, Technology (tools), and Engineering (all sorts of fun "problems" to solve!): magnets are also great fun!
Today's Topic: Magnets
Supplies:
--lots of metal "stuff" (we used: paperclips, small bits of pipe cleaner, metal paper fasteners, keys, coins, thumbtacks, an old (fairly clean) bicycle chain, juice concentrate lids, metal washers, bolts and screws, a metal hole punch, and probably a few more things I've forgotten)
--plastic containers with tight lids to put some of the more dangerous loose bits into (thumbtacks, I'm looking at you!). Empty water bottles would work well, I used deli-type containers since that's what I had on hand.
--some non-metal stuff (we had glass marbles, bouncy balls, plain wooden building blocks, metal (but not iron) coins and keys, and some metallic confetti)
--a few special things (all optional, of course): plastic cases with iron filings, test tubes with ferrofluid, magnetic Tegu blocks, magnetic marbles, magnetic putty (you can theoretically make your own if you prefer)
--magnetic wands, horseshoe magnets, magnetic pincushions, "donut" magnets... as large a variety of (preferably non-choking hazard sized) magnets as you can collect.
Book:
Magnets : pulling together, pushing apart / Rosinsky, Natalie M. Note: I'm not particularly crazy about this book for a read-aloud-to-young-children option, but it was the best I could find after much searching. Anyone know of any picture books that deal with magnets or magnetism?
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