SCIENCE DAY WORKSHOPS 2006
Links to Additional Rescouces

CAMERA (PINHOLE)

Web Sites:

• Optics for Kids: www.opticalres.com/kidoptx.html
• The Science Spot: www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kidzone.html (for older kids)
• Exploratorium: The Museum of Science: www.exploratorium.edu/light_walk/camera_todo.html

Toys/Kits:

• www.discoverthis.com/pin-hole-camera-kit.html Pinhole camera kit photography kit $17.95
• www.pinholeday.org – Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is on Sunday, April 30, 2006!!!  This website also shows you how to make pinhole cameras from common household objects

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Books:

• “The World of Computers and Communications (An Inside Look Series)” by Ian Graham (ages 9-11)
• “Why Doesn't My Floppy Disk Flop?: And Other Kids' Computer Questions Answered by the CompuDudes” by Peter Cook, Scott Manning

Web Sites:

• Parts of the computer: http://www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
• Computer programming for kids using a free language,   MSW Logo: http://www.softronix.com
• Mrs. Cannon’s Computer Lab: http://www.computerlab.kids.new.net
• Kaboose Brain Builders: http://www.kidsdomain.com/brain/computer/

DYES (NATURAL)

Books:

• Wild Color: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes” by Jenny Dean, Karen Diadick Casselman
• “Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing: A Practical Guide with Over 150 Recipes” by Rita J. Adrosko, Margaret Smith Furry
• "The Chemistry of Natural Dyes,” by Dianne N. Epp
• “Charlie Needs a Cloak,” by Tomie DePaola (fiction; ages 4-8)
•  “Red Berry Wool,” by Robyn Eversole (fiction, ages 4-8)
• “Wild Color,” by Jenny Dean
• “The Complete Natural Dyeing Guide,” by Marie Sugar

Web Sites:

• Pioneer Thinking: Recipes for Natural Dyes: http://www.pioneerthinking.com/naturaldyes.html
• Information, history, recipes and sources for dyeing yarns and spinning fibers with natural and vegetable dyes and mordants: www.allfiberarts.com
• How-to create dye baths for Easter egg coloring: www.naturalfamilyonline.com
• Natural dye kits and other information: www.aurorasilk.com

FOSSILS ROCKS & MINERALS

Web Sites:

• http://fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create
• http://www.rocksforkids.com
• http://ology.amnh.org/earth/ifrockscouldtalk

Toys/Kits: 

You don’t need a kit to start collecting rocks – just start looking in your backyard or on the street.  However, below are some websites with pre-made kits or identification tools.  Don’t forget the store at the American Museum of Natural History where you can fill a bag with a variety of rocks and minerals, pre-polished for a very low price!!!

• http://storeforknowledge.com:  A large selection of rocks and minerals, books about geology and posters
• http://www.learningstreams.com:  A large selection of rock and mineral kits.  Item no.  NSI02891 Smithsonian Crystal Growing Set, $26.99

LIQUID NITROGEN

Books:

• “Eyewitness: Matter” by Eyewitness Books, Christopher Cooper (ages 12 and up)
• “What Is the World Made Of?: All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases” by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, (ages 5-8)

Web Sites:

• American Chemical Society Kids Site: www.chemistry.org/kids. Search on “matter” to find great experiments.
• NASA Kids Science News Network: http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2newsbreaks.cfm

OWL PELLETS

Books:

• “Owl Puke: Book and Owl Pellet” by Jane Hammerslough

Web Sites:

• Kidwings: A Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection Site: http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/index2.htm
• Carolina Biological Supply Company: http://www.carolina.com/owls/guide/pellets.asp

Toys/Kits:

• Owl Pellet Dissection Kit ($29): http://educationalscience.com/owlpellets.htm
• Pellets: Kits and separate parts at varying prices: www.pellet.com

PAPER MAKING

Books:

• “Waste and Recycling” by Janine Amos, Ian Thompson (Illustrator) (ages 6-9)
• “Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids” by Gail Gibbons (ages 5-8)

Web Sites:

• Pioneer Thinking: How to Make Paper: http://www.pioneerthinking.com/makingpaper.html
• Creative Ways to Reuse from San Mateo County: http://www.recycleworks.org/schools/creativereuse.html
• Paper In Wisconsin: http://www.wipapercouncil.org/invention.htm
• Making and Recycling Paper at Home: http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/paper/paper.htm

PLANETARIUM

Books:

• “Exploring the Night Sky: The Equinox Astronomy Guide for Beginners” by Terence Dickinson, John Bianchi 
• “Astronomy (Eyewitness Series)” by Kristen Lippincott, Mark A. Garlick 
• “Glow-in-the-Dark Constellations: A Field Guide for Young Stargazers” by C.E. E. Thompson, Randy Chewning (Illustrator)
• “Floating in Space” by Franklyn M. Branley, True Kelley (Illustrator)
• “Questions and Answers: Stars and Planets” by Robin Kerrod (Kingfisher Science Series)
• “I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle, and Other Questions About Space” by Carole Stott

Web Sites:

• Kids Astronomy: www.kidsastronomy.com
• Earth & Sky Radio Series: www.earthsky.com
• Challenger Center: http://www.challenger.org/students
• http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home
• http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/
• Astronomy for Kids: http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/index.html

Kits/Toys

• Space Theater Planetarium by Slinky Science (approx. $30)
• Early Astronomer Stargazer telescope by C&A Scientific (approx. $20)

VOLCANOES

Books:

•  “The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth” created by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) (ages 6-9)
• “Volcanoes and Earthquakes,”(Discoveries Series,) Eldridge M. Moores (Editor), ages 8-11
• “Vacation under the Volcano” (Magic Tree House Series #13) by Mary Pope Osborne (ages 6-9)

Web Sites:

• http://www.volcano.si.edu:  Smithsonian Institute.  Detailed information on volcanic activity worldwide, for older children
• http://www.extremescience.com:  Website with cool information for kids on extreme facts about the earth
• http://kids.earth.nasa.gov
• http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/

Toys/Kits:

• http://www.growingtreetoys.com:  Earthquakes and Volcanoes Science Kit.  Item no. 632618 TK, price $29.99
• http://scientificsonline.com:  Kit, build and Eruipt Volcano, Deluxe.  Item no. 3052367, price $15.95
• http://www.starmagic.com:  Volcano Making Kit, Item no. 131004, price $12.95

WATER WORKS

Books

• “Splish! Splosh! Why do we wash?” By Janice Lobb
• “Get Wet” by Vicki Cobb
• “Water Dance” by Thomas Locker
• “The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks” by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen
• “The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story” by Neill Waldman
• “A Drop Around the World” by Barbara McKinney & Michael S. Maydak
• “The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About the Water” by Pat Relf & Carolyn Bracken
• “The New The Way Things Work” by David Macaulay

Web Sites:

• United States Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Kid’s Club: http://www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm
• New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection: DEP Kids: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/kids.html