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Be a Hydroponic Gardener

Grade Range:

1-6

Resource Type(s):

Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities

Duration:

20 minutes

Date Posted:

9/4/2012

Believe it or not, some plants can grow without soil. This type of gardening is called hydroponics. Here's how you can get started growing green. This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, discussion questions, and ideas for extending your learning. Spark!Lab activities

Build Your Own Gramophone

Grade Range:

1-6

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

10 minutes

Date Posted:

8/29/2012

Create a cardboard gramophone and think about its connection to recorded sounds. This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, discussion questions, and ideas for extending your learning. Spark!Lab activities encourage young learners to explore the invention process, from creativ

Create Your Own Bubbles

Grade Range:

1-6

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

10 minutes

Date Posted:

8/30/2012

People have been turning kitchens into bubble labs for hundreds of years. Benjamin Franklin and his mentor James Logan studied the optical properties of bubbles. These experiments later contributed to Franklin’s invention of bifocal glasses in 1784. Discover your inner bubble inventor

Create Your Own Indoor Kite

Grade Range:

1-6

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

10 minutes

Date Posted:

8/29/2012

The kite has played a role in many famous inventions...build your own! This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, discussion questions, and ideas for extending your learning. Spark!Lab activities encourage young learners to explore the invention process, from creative ideas al

Extract DNA

Grade Range:

1-6

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

15 minutes

Date Posted:

9/4/2012

DNA is inside the cells of every living thing, including you. This experiment lets you see the long, twisting molecules of DNA inside cells. This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, a worksheet for documenting the experiment, discussion questions, and ideas for extending you

Get Creative with Nanoscale Inventions

Grade Range:

1-6

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

10 minutes

Date Posted:

8/29/2012

Make nano-art and think about its connection to modern technology. This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, discussion questions, and ideas for extending your learning. Spark!Lab activities encourage young learners to explore the invention process, from creative ideas all th

Make a Lightbulb

Grade Range:

3-6

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

25 minutes

Date Posted:

9/4/2012

Thomas Edison changed our world with electric lights and an entire system that produced and delivered electrical power. Try your hand at making your own light bulb. This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, a printable chart to record the experiment, and discussion questions.

Make a Polymer

Grade Range:

1-6

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

15 minutes

Date Posted:

9/4/2012

A polymer is made up of tiny molecules in long, repeating chains, like paper clips hooked together. Polymers are all around us—even in our own bodies! Here's how you can make your own. This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, discussion questions, and ideas for extending y

Polishing Pennies

Grade Range:

1-6

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities

Duration:

20 minutes

Date Posted:

9/4/2012

Try this experiment to find out why some liquids polish pennies better than others. This activity from Spark!Lab includes step-by-step directions, a worksheet for documenting the experiment, discussion questions, and ideas for extending your learning. Spark!Lab activities encourage young learners

Preservation and the Power of Light

Grade Range:

K-4

Resource Type(s):

Lessons & Activities, Worksheets

Duration:

45 minutes

Date Posted:

11/20/2008

In this activity, children will learn about the power of light by comparing what happens to paper that has been left in the sunlight with paper that has been left in the dark. They will use a chart to write a prediction ("hypothesis") and compare it to the results of the experiment. They will the

The Vejigante and the Folk Festivals of Puerto Rico

Author:

Edwin Fontanez

Reading Level:

Pre-School,Early Elementary School

Genre:

Non Fiction

Awards:

Bilingual:

Yes

An entertaining tool for discovering Puerto Rico's rich vejigante tradition - beautiful coloring activities and informative historical notes illuminate the style and symbolism of Puerto Rico's folk festivals.

The Virgin Vote: How Young Americans Made Democracy Social, Politics Personal, and Voting Popular in the Nineteenth Century

Author:

Jon Grinspan

Reading Level:

High School,Middle School

Genre:

There was a time when young people were the most passionate participants in American democracy. In the second half of the nineteenth century--as voter turnout reached unprecedented peaks--young people led the way, hollering, fighting, and flirting at massive midnight rallies. Paren

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963

Author:

Christopher Charles Curtis

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

Awards:

A family moves from Flint, Michigan to Birmingham, Alabama, where they experience the historic violent summer during the Civil Rights Movement.

The White House, An Illustrated History

Author:

Catherin O'Neill Grace

Reading Level:

Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Non Fiction

A beautiful book filled with fascinating details and illustrations about our nation's most important residence. The book artfully covers the long history of the White House and offers behind-the-scenes insights into how it lives, breathes, and operates today.

There Once Was A Sky Full of Stars

Author:

Bob Crelin

Reading Level:

Pre-School,Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School,Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

A lyrical reminiscence for the time before electrical illumination made the natural beauty of the night sky so hard to see.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy

Author:

Tony Medina

Reading Level:

Middle School

Genre:

Fiction

These short, vibrant tanka poems about Black boys and young men depict thirteen views of everyday life: dressed in Sunday best, running to catch a bus, growing up to be teachers, and much more. Each of Tony Medina's tanka is matched with a different artist--including recent Caldecott and Coretta Sco