More fun and quirky science!

Looking for fun things to do while the weather is wet? Check some of these things out!

Visit Funology.com for some fun experiments http://www.funology.com/laboratory/ or ScienceBob http://www.sciencebob.com/index.php

Try your hand at some basic programming, visit MIT's page for Scratch, (using Scratch requires a download. You should check with adult before you download any programs)
http://scratch.mit.edu/

Visit Toys from Trash for experiments with things from around the house http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/toys.html




Other fun websites:

Disney's Family Fun http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-type/educational-craft-activities/science-projects/weird-science-701815/

New Zealand's Science for Kids http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/weird.html

Boy's Life http://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/funstuff/2184/weird-science/

Weird Science Kids http://www.weirdsciencekids.com/



Visit your local library and check this out:

KCLS offers free museum passes -visit their website for more info http://www.kcls.org/programs/museumpasses.cfm

KCLS science page http://www.kcls.org/homework_help/science.cfm

Sno-Isle Libraries Science Page: http://www.sno-isle.org/index.cfm?ID=1246&cid=12




Books:
Weird science / by Mary Packard Call Number: J 502 PACKARD

Weird science : 40 strange-acting, bizarre-looking, and barely believable activities for kids/

Jim Wiese Call Number: J 507.8 WIESE

Black holes and other bizarre space objects / David Jefferis Call Number: J 523.8875 JEFFERI

Weird but true! : 300 outrageous facts Call Number: J 001.9 WEIRD B

Janice VanCleave's 201 awesome, magical, bizarre & incredible experiments J 507.8 VANCLEA

Mi primer libro de teatro / Mick Manning & Brita Granström INTL-SPA J 530.078 MANNING

Smart science tricks / Martin Gardner J 793.8 GARDNER

Ke xue you xi = Play sciences / Chen Zhongzhao zhu Call Number INTL-CHI J 793.8 CHEN

Making things change / Gary Gibson J 507.8 GIBSON

101 nollaun kwahak sirhŏm / Nil Adŭlli chiŭm INTL-KOR J 507.8 ARDLEY

Attend these events:

Mad Science at the Library:
Event Type: School-Age ProgramAge Group(s): Children and Families, All AgesDate: 12/29/2011Start Time: 2:00 PMDescription:Celebrate winter break with Mad Science. From foggy dry ice storms and gravity-defying beach balls to a Mad Science burp-flavored potion, audiences will be amazed by what they see, hear, and ugh … taste! Funded by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation. Library: Arlington Library

Pacific Science Center:

Design Zone through Jan. 2nd

Camp-In @ the Science Center (stay overnight for fun activities and sleeping amongst the exhibits) Fri, Feb 24 – Sat, Feb 25

Polar Sciences Weekend March 1-4, 2012

Burke Museum:

Artifact ID day Sat., Jan. 7, 2012 1 – 3:30 pm

Dino Day Sat. March 3rd, 2012/10-4pm

or take a walk and learn about the effects that glaciers had on this area

Sat. Jan. 7th 12-1:30 starting at Seward Park Environmental and Audubon Center

or build something like this model of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN made of Legos!

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