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Tonight’s Sky is a great website for astronomy lovers.  It tells what to look for each night as far as visible stars, planets and comets.  This is really going to come in handy for us this summer as G is fascinated with all things space-related.  Thank you Star Wars. 

My son has started a project raising red worms with his grandma. Together, they built a worm bin and will now observe how the worms turn food wastes into compost. They will weigh, measure, and count the worms as the weeks pass.
According to Journey to Forever Organic Garden, it should be an exciting study: “Worm […]

We happened upon this website http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/index.shtml  when G asked how far away the moon is.  They have lots of topics and a whole list of Q&A for each one.  Very cool for space loving kids!

I just found this great site that has tons of science experiments for kids and thought I’d share.  http://membership.acs.org/C/Chicago/ChmShort/kidindex.html 

New York Magazine:
Dr. Avi Sadeh of Tel Aviv University is one of the authorities in the field. A couple of years ago, Sadeh sent 77 fourth-graders and sixth-graders home with randomly drawn instructions to either go to bed earlier or stay up later for three nights. Each child was given an actigraph (a wristwatchlike device […]

Jef Poskanser has a great collection of science songs for kids. Your kids will be singing, dancing and learning to tunes such as:

Ballad Of Sir Isaac Newton
Planet Minuet

Motion, Motion Everywhere

Why Is It Raining Raindrops

Who’s Afraid Of Thunder

Snowflake, Snowflake

What Does A Bird Have That I Have Not

Why Does A Bee Bzzz

Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Board - Bring this favorite to life on a felt board, or add a popsicle stick and turn into puppets.
Story Sequencing Cards - Children can sequence this famous story on a table top or as a file folder game.
Caterpillar Crafts - Make caterpillars out of paper, egg cartons, toliet paper rolls, […]