Today we are sharing our latest Poppins Book Nook story and activity for the theme, To the Laboratory! After browsing through several books full of different science experiments... and wanting to do a lot of them, I finally narrowed it down to one and decided on exploring air resistance by
making our own parachute.
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Well, one parachute led to three-- so each kiddo could have one, and then that led to a little experiment about which type of material was best!
We found the experiment in
Usborne Book of Science Activities Vol.2 and was a go along activity for our storybook,
Captain Sky Blue.
Captain Sky Blue is full of airplane lingo and is a cute story that begins on Christmas morning when a little boy receives Captain Sky Blue and a toy airplane. They have many adventures together, but one day the toy airplane breaks and Captain Sky Blue is left parachuting through the sky landing far from home. A rather strange underwater event takes Captain Sky Blue back to Santa's Workshop where he is soon reunited with his friend.
Our first parachute was made using some string, square piece of fabric, tape, and of course our flyer, a Lego Man! I sent my kiddos up the stairs and had them drop them down below. Up and down the stairs the kiddos ran to retrieve their parachute and do it all over again.
And here's a few more parachutes we made:
We found that the fabric parachute with strings fell the slowest, followed by the large plastic bag.... And there wasn't much air resistance with the wax paper parachute or the doily! The fabric parachute with pipe cleaners fell quite fast too, and we believe it is because the pipe cleaners made the parachute heavier, thus overcoming the air resistance.
Take a moment to check out other books and activities for the To the Laboratory! theme! Hope it inspires you to go beyond just reading a book...
See you next month as we'll be sharing the last Poppins Book Nook theme for the 2014-2015 year!
Enchanted Homeschooling Mom ~
3 Dinosaurs ~
To the Moon and Back ~
Planet Smarty Pants ~
Farm Fresh Adventures ~
Growing in God�s Grace ~
Chestnut Grove Academy ~
Learning and Growing the Piwi Way ~
The Usual Mayhem~
Preschool Powol Packets ~
Monsters Ed Homeschool Academy ~
Adventures in Mommydom ~
Teach Beside Me ~
Life with Moore Babies ~
Kathy�s Cluttered Mind ~
Are We There Yet? ~
Our Crafts N Things ~
Hopkins Homeschool ~
ABC Creative Learning ~
Joy Focused Learning ~
P is for Preschooler ~
My Bright Firefly ~
A Mommy�s Adventures ~
Inspiring 2 New Hampshire Children ~
World for Learning ~
Ever After in the Woods ~
Golden Grasses ~
A glimpse of our life ~
Journey to Excellence ~
Happy Little Homemaker ~
Little Homeschool Blessings ~
Raventhreads ~
Tots and Me ~
As We Walk Along The Road ~
Stir the Wonder ~
For This Season ~
Where Imagination Grows ~
The Canadian Homeschooler ~
School Time Snippets ~
Peakle Pie ~
A Moment in our World ~
Every Bed of Roses ~
Finchnwren ~
At Home Where Life Happens ~
The Library Adventure ~
Embracing Destiny ~
Day by Day in our World ~
Our Homeschool Studio ~
A �Peace� of Mind ~
Thou Shall Not Whine ~
SAHM I am ~
Simple Living Mama
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