{"id":1463,"date":"2020-09-08T22:25:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T03:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/?page_id=1463"},"modified":"2020-09-09T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:31:39","slug":"science-stuff-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/?page_id=1463","title":{"rendered":"Science stuff for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lemon juice secret writing &#8212; heat to read.<br><br>Barometer &#8212; jar, balloon, straw, needle, ruler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copper electroplating.  9V battery, two alligator clips, vinegar, two copper strips to get copper in solution, then positive to copper, neg to target.  Mask target metal to get a design.  Targets?  Aluminum foil?, cleaned can?<br><br>Electro rust removal.<br><br>Battery pile.<br><br>Wave tank.  Reflections, refraction.<br><br>Electromagnet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pond water.  Identify, draw, classify animals.<br><br>Mobius strip.<br><br>Magic squares&#8211;4&#215;4<br><br>Detect bases&#8211;tumeric acid in isopropyl alcohol<br><br>celery stalks in food coloring, wait a day.<br><br>Pulleys&#8211;clothesline pulleys, rope.<br><br>Solar oven.  oven thermometer, or infrared thermometer.  Styrofoam box, shiny side Al foil, saran wrap \/ glass on top to keep heat in.<br><br>Density&#8211;salt water, sugar, baking soda, alcohol, oil + test items&#8211;plastic, grape, potato bit, wax.  Wax floats on water, sinks in isopropyl.  Add oil on top of water, add item that floats on water, sinks in alcohol, will go to boundry.  Check: pumice, peanut, ice, wood \/ bit of bark\/pine cone, cork, lemon, soap, rubber, fresh egg (sinks in water).  Use mason jars.  Can use food coloring on each liquid.  Check different plastics (by recycling number)<br><br>Conservation of energy.  rope, high point, something heavy.<br><br><strong>Links<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/offices\/education\/programs\/national\/summer\/education_resources\/lifescience_grades4-6\/index.html\">Life Science Units and Lessons for Grades 4-6<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/MagicSquare.html\">Magic Squares<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.123homeschool4me.com\/science\/\">Science Experiments for Kids<\/a><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lemon juice secret writing &#8212; heat to read. Barometer &#8212; jar, balloon, straw, needle, ruler. Copper electroplating. 9V battery, two alligator clips, vinegar, two copper strips to get copper in solution, then positive to copper, neg to target. Mask target metal to get a design. Targets? Aluminum foil?, cleaned can? Electro rust removal. Battery pile. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1463","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1699,"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1463\/revisions\/1699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}