Science
of the Week Lesson for
Air
Is All Around You
written
and compiled by
Katrina
Lybbert
Day 1
-
Read Air Is
All Around You by Franklyn M. Branley.
-
Put a sticker,
drawing,
or picture of something to represent air (such as a balloon) on your "My
Science Journey Poster."
-
Discuss the
reading with
your child.
- There are a
few experiments that you can do as you are reading, but you may want to
just read today and then do the experiments on Day 4.
-
Take a walk
outside and discover the air all around you.
Day 2
Be creative....
(choose
one or more suggestion)
Day 3
Read more...
(choose
1 - 3 more books on the topic)
-
Every Breath
We Take: A Book About Air by Maya Ajmera and Dominique Browning
-
Curious
George and the Hot Air Balloon by Margret and H. A. Rey
-
Rapping About
the Air Around Us by Bobbie Kalman
-
Air by
David Palatnik and Israel Felzenszwalb
-
Air: Outside,
Inside, and All Around by Darlene R. Stille
-
Hot Air: The
(Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman
-
Air (Why
Living Things Need) by Daniel Nunn
-
Hot-Air Henry
by Mary Calhoun
Day 4
Experiments,
Activities,
and/or Field Trips
-
Now is a good
time to go through the book again and complete all the mentioned
experiments.
- Blow up a
balloon and let it go, you can repeat as many times as interested.
- Watch this
video on Youtube about air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbk_oyUzQ5s
-
Websites with
more suggestions:
Day 5
Related themes for
further
exploration if interested:
-
wind
-
airwaves
-
hot air
balloons
-
respiratory
system
- airplanes
- atmosphere
- air
conditioner
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