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Field Trip to Cranberry Bog w/ Free Activity Book

November 18th, 2011

Hi!  It’s Friday, November 18, 2011 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers

Age Range:  All (with parental supervision)

Take a virtual tour of a cranberry bog and get some fun, cranberry-themed learning activities for kids! When you get to the site, enjoy watching professional videos about Wisconsin’s cranberry industry including its history as well as growing, harvesting, and packaging processes.

When you’re through watching the videos, use the menu to find the incredible photo slide-show. The pictures give you a better view of the bogs than the videos, and accompanying text explains what you are viewing.

Be sure to look on the menu to find the “For Kids” section where you can get a FREE downloadable and printable “Cranberry Activity Book” that includes word searches, crossword puzzles, color-by-number and easy cranberry craft and cooking projects.

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The Science of Thanksgiving Dinner!

November 15th, 2011

Hi!  It’s Tuesday, November 15, 2011 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

Visit the following websites and amaze your Thanksgiving dinner guests with scientific
knowledge of the chemical composition and scientific aspects of the feast!

Recommended Websites:
Science of Thanksgiving Dinner
(See Below)

Age Range: 9 and up (with parental supervision)

Exploratorium Video: The Science of Cooking Turkey
In this one-hour video production a food expert explains the science behind cooking a turkey. What’s with the dark meat and light meat on a turkey? Learn how to be sure your turkey is thoroughly cooked. Is stuffing really a good idea?  How do you make the skin golden?

How Pop-Up Turkey Timers Work
How does this little device imitate a thermometer?

Everyday Mysteries: Sweet Potato or Yam?
Learn the scientific difference between a sweet potato and a yam.

NPR: The Chemistry of Thanksgiving Dinner
Listen to 2-minute excerpt from an NPR broadcast in which professors talk about proteins, peptides, alkenes, amino acids, tryptophan and more. Discover the chemistry and molecular structure lurking in your Thanksgiving dinner.

The Chemical Make-Up of a Potato
Discover the chemical content and nutritional value of a potato. Do green potatoes really contain a deadly toxin?

The Science of Cranberry Sauce
Find out why cranberry sauces that use the same ingredients produce different results. Why does one become a gelatin?

Punkin Chunkin
On Thanksgiving, pumpkins are on the menu and part of the décor. This year, invite your guests to try “punkin chunkin” – tossing a pumpkin as far as they can. The World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association is a nonprofit that raises money to benefit youth. Their annual pumpkin-launching event encourages entrants to use their science and engineering skills in a competitive quest for hurling a pumpkin the furthest distance. At this website you can read all about it, watch video footage of the 2011 event, and discover some of the science behind punkin chunkin.

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Instructables – How To Do Anything!

August 25th, 2011

Hi!  It’s Thursday, August 25, 2011 and time for Social Sciences at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Instructables

Age Range: 10 and up (with parental supervision)

A Wisconsin ClickScholar recommended this ad-supported website that contains thousands of videos explaining and showing how to do a wide variety of things from cooking to building robots and much more.

As the website explains, “Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others. The seeds of Instructables germinated at the MIT Media Lab as the future founders of Squid Labs built places to share their projects and help others.”

While this is not technically a “kids” site, with parental guidance kids can have a blast and learn plenty of important life and career skills. For example, check out the “Weekend Lego Projects.”

And there’s so much more! When you get to the home page you’ll see a menu of tabbed topics that include:

*Food – Learn to cook including grilling, cake decorating, canning and preserving, and much more!

*Living – Discover how to tie-dye, make an oil cap belt buckle, make frozen dog treats, tie a Windsor Knot, and more!

*Outside – Get camping tips, learn how to repair your bicycle, find out how to do a heel-flip on your skateboard.

*Play – Make a potato chip bag wallet, innovate with Legos, make a paper airplane and more!

*Technology – Make a simple motor, make a computer generated angel’s wing, learn how to solder, and more!

*Workshop – Restore furniture, compost, enjoy metal working, and more!

This is a terrific resource you can refer to again and again.  Bookmark it to return often!

NOTE: Parents, as always, should preview the site to determine suitability of content and supervise all Internet use.

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Virtual Field Trip to Lollipop Factory

June 10th, 2011

Hi! It’s Friday, June 10, 2011 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
Kendon Candies Lollipop Factory

Age Range: 9 and up (approximately, with parental guidance)

Kendon Candies in San Jose, California is one of the largest lollipop manufacturers in the United States. At their website, you can take a brief tour of their lollipop factory through text and photographs or watch the Quicktime or RealPlayer video of the lollipop-making process.

When you get to the site, click on “The Exploratorium” link. It will take you to the virtual lollipop factory tour that was created by the Exploratorium Museum as part of their “Science of Cooking” Series. You can watch a video of Kendon’s candy-making process, or follow the “next” buttons to see lollipop manufacturing through photographs and informative text.

When you’re through with the tour, go back to the main Kendon Candies website and use the menu buttons to view their stunning array of lollipop products and explore a photo gallery of lollipops while listening to the song “Lollipop.”

If this piques your children’s interest in candy making, visit the Exploratorium’s “Candy Home Page.” There, you can learn how to make candy at home, find out about the chemistry of sugar, and you can take a virtual tour of the Fudge House in San Francisco!

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Serious Science Projects for K-12

December 7th, 2010

Hi!  It’s Tuesday, December 7, 2010 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:
ScienceBuddies.com

Age Range: 5-18 (Grades K-12)

ClickScholar Kristin suggested this non-profit foundation’s website that provides free science project ideas, instructions, explanations, and assistance “for serious students” to build their literacy in science and technology in the 21st century. You’ll find free projects and activities in all areas of science including:

  • Physical Science
  • Life Science
  • Earth & Environmental Science
  • Math & Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Behavioral & Social Sciences

You’ll even find science projects that cover cooking, food, music, photography, videos, computer games, and sports.

Science Budddies aims to reduce the hassle of hands-on scientific investigations while encouraging fun, intellectually-stimulating and cutting-edge science education. When you get to the site you’ll see a menu that includes:

*Project Ideas – Over 1,000 scientist-outlined projects in 30 different fields of science and engineering. Plus you can use the “Topic Selection Wizard” to find a project that matches your student’s unique interests!

*Project Guide – Not sure how to proceed? This section includes step-by-step guidance about the scientific method, research, constructing and testing a hypothesis, analyzing data, drawing a conclusion, and communicating results.

*Ask an Expert – Get online advice in a forum with scientists and engineers.

*Teachers/Parents/Students – Find resources, enrichment tools, and tips for success.

*Science Careers – Discover how the science in a student’s project is used in real-world careers.
 
This is an amazing resource for science discovery and exploration.  Bookmark it to return often. 
 

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Virtual Field Trip to Cranberry Bogs!

November 5th, 2010

Hi!  It’s Friday, November 5, 2010 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Websites:
Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers: Video Tours

It’s cranberry harvest season and I thought you might enjoy visiting this website where you can take a virtual tour of a cranberry bog and get some fun, cranberry-themed learning activities for kids.

When you get to the site, enjoy watching three professional videos about Wisconsin’s cranberry industry including its history and growing, harvesting, and packaging processes.

When you’re through watching the videos, don’t miss the incredible photo slide-show. The pictures give you a better view of the bogs than the videos, and accompanying text explains what you are viewing.

Be sure to look on the menu to find the “For Kids” section. Click on it to get a FREE downloadable and printable “Cranberry Activity Book” that includes word searches, crossword puzzles, color-by-number and easy cranberry craft and cooking projects.

BONUS!

Take A Photo Tour of A Cranberry Bog

At this website you can take a virtual photo tour of a family-owned cranberry bog. Learn how cranberries are grown and harvested.

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