Eyes and Noses

This article discusses two observation skills - using your nose and using your eyes. Students smell things in covered objects so that cannot see what they are smelling. They also blow bubb... See More

This article discusses two observation skills - using your nose and using your eyes. Students smell things in covered objects so that cannot see what they are smelling. They also blow bubbles from square bubble blowers and see that it forms round bubbles. These activities encourage students to observe what is going on around them.

Watching Bubbles

Encouraging students to make observations is a fundamental process for budding scientists. In the activity in this article students make bubbles by placing objects such as cups into a large... See More

Encouraging students to make observations is a fundamental process for budding scientists. In the activity in this article students make bubbles by placing objects such as cups into a larger container of water. Students change shapes that are submerged to see if the bubbles change shape. The concept of gas is introduced as well. After this students can use shapes to make bubble solutions and make more observations.