Hands-On Science and Math Book Review: Density Science Experiment

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Hands-On Science and Math Book Review:  Density Science Experiment

Many thanks to Gryphon House Publishing for sending me the book Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children.   The author is a teacher and firm believer in STEM at an early age (can you see why I love her already!) She is a National Board Certified teacher with her BA in Elementary Education and masters degree is teaching English to speakers of other languages. Not only that, but, she has made it her mission to provide hands-on science and math to her early childhood programs.  This book is a compilation of the kids and teachers favorite activities.

1. Learning and Experimenting
2. Measuring, Identifying, and Classifying
3. Changing, Bubbling, and Rolling
4. Cooking, Looking, and Listening
5. Growing, Adapting, and Exploring Nature

• bowls
• lids
• water
• Spoons
• Paper
• Markers
• coins
• Paper Towels
• Pipettes
• Magnetic Wand
• Magnifying Glasses
• natural materials
• Unifix Cubes
• Plastic Cups
• Food Colors

 Density Science Experiment

I decided to set out an experiment on density and matter for their first after school science lesson.
The directions on how to set up and run the experiment are on page 57 of Hands-On Science and Math: Fun, Fascinating Activities for Young Children.

We talked about the vocabulary

Mass
Volume
Density
Matter

Then the children poured the liquids in and observed.

We discussed the results.

I handed them their science journals and asked them to draw and label the final outcome. I encouraged them to write a few sentences about the experiment using some of the vocabulary.

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