Field Trip #66 Friday Blog Hop

Field Trip Friday!

A Blog Hop designed to share 'FIELD TRIP' related Blog Posts

(does not have to be a 'home school field trip', can be any trip to any place with your children!)

We finished off our Insect unit with a trip to the Bishop Museum to check out their new GIANT BUGS display!  It was pretty neat, the bugs moved and they were definitely GIANT!  Some of freaked the littlest guy out a bit, but he did like the butterflies and ladybugs!  The bugs will be there until March 31st.

They aren’t kidding when they say Hawaii has gigantic cockroaches!

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Christmas Science

CHRISTMAS CARDS
We marbled some paper to make Christmas Cards, it’s a simple craft and very beautiful.
Simply fill a cookie tray with shaving cream, then dribble paint or food coloring (we used paint in red and green) over the top.  With a toothpick you can swirl it around a bit.

Then place a piece of paper (we used white cardstock) on top of the shaving cream mixture.  press lightly over the paper, then remove.

Scrape off the excess shaving cream (we used a ruler) and then dry.

This card project is one of many things you can find at schoolhouseteachers.com, you can read my review of their site HERE
SNOWY TREES
Another fun project we did was growing snowy trees
What you need – Water, Salt, Ammonia, Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing (I found it at the drug store)

Dissolve 6T salt into 6T water, add 6T bluing and 1T ammonia in a shallow dish.
Then you can do 1 of 2 things, place a sponge (cut into the desired shape) in the solution OR cut an object from cardboard.  (we used cardboard).  Place either object into the solution and wait, within a day crystals will have started to form. 
To add color to your crystals…drop food coloring onto the object.  We kept ours to be white, like snow.

This is after about 2 days.

I found this project HERE

Melissa and Doug Switch and Spin Magnetic Gear Board #Giveaway

Melissa and Doug have been so generous to offer this giveaway, and I’m so excited to be able to host it!

The Switch and Spin Magnetic Gear Board is for ages 2+.  It’s great for learning colors and how things move!
From the website description:  A unique spin on magnetic toys, Switch & Spin Magnetic Gear Board lets kids build their own toy! Simply choose a picture template from 10 unique designs and place it in the wooden frame. Then add the gears in the color-coded spaces to turn each picture into an amazing kid-powered machine! Or remove the templates to reveal the white magnetic surface - perfect for an open-ended exploration of simple mechanics, or a range of counting, adding, and problem-solving activities (instructions included). This sturdy, durable gears toy includes a magnetic board with wooden frame, eight magnetic pegs, eight colorful gears, and five double-sided, color-coded design templates.
My kids have been having a blast playing with it and I know yours will too!
Just follow the directions in the Rafflecopter entry form and GOOD LUCK!
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