science activities

Ten-year-olds are ready for numbers that mean something. The best science activities for 10 year olds produce a data set worth graphing, a conclusion that refers to that graph, and at least one result that was not what they expected. What Ten-Year-Olds Can Handle At ten, most children can run a fair test unprompted, keep … Read more

Eight is the age when “because it is magic” stops being a satisfying answer. The best science activities for 8 year olds introduce two new habits: changing one thing on purpose, and writing the guess down before you look. What Changes at Eight An eight-year-old can follow a five-step procedure, read a simple scale, and … Read more