Let’s make our world more green and clean!

Experiments for little children

Comenius project 2012-2014

Published by the coordinator school

Trikala -Greece

The result is the collective work of all the partners The editing of publishing has done

by the coordinator Ann Magkiosi – Trikala -Greece

Comenius project 2012-2014

Experiments in Nurseries Schools

EXPERIMENTS WITH CHILDRENEXPERIMENTS WITH CHILDRENIN KINDERGARTEN JELKAIN KINDERGARTEN JELKA

““LETLET’’S MAKE OUR WORLD MORE GREEN AND CLEANS MAKE OUR WORLD MORE GREEN AND CLEAN””

Presentation by PETRA KOČAR

petra.kocar@vrtec-jelka.si

2013-2014

KINDERGARTEN JELKAKINDERGARTEN JELKAGlavarjeva ulica 18 a

1000 LjubljanaSLOVENIA

Photos by Kindergarten‘s Jelka preschool teachers.

In Kindergarten J elka we apply active learning techniques and we enable children to learn through their active participation and play.

We do a lot of experiments with them and here are some of the most interesting examples.

EXPERIMENT –MIXING DIFFERENT FLUIDS

We have learned and experimented how different fluids and water mix. We tried out mixing oil and other kind of fluids and substances and we have mixed them with water.

HOW CAN WE FIND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BASE AND ACID PROPERTIES

Mixing different substances and learning difference between base and acid with colours.

We have cooked red cabbage with water and got red cabbage sauce/ fluid.

Into the cabbage fluid we have mixed different substances such as lemon juice, vinegar, soda,…..

And look what magic we did. We have created different colours when adding acid and bases.

LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT FORMS OF WATTER –LIQUID, ICE AND GAS

We explored water in different conditions and we have discovered how it can be liquid, ice or in gas condition

WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT

In May 2014 preschool teachers Peter Pucelj and Nejc Bizant prepared for children water cycle model and experiment.We boiled water and observed turning in to steam, going up the air and coming down in the form of raindrops.

Additionaly we learned about water cycle also with help of smart board and by observing nature.

EXPERIMENTS WITH AIR Look what happens when we warm air in the bottle:

We learned that hot water goes up and cold down

EXPERIMENTS WITH AIR Look what happens when we warm air in the bottle:

We learned that hot water goes up and cold down

We have explored sound and did sound experiments.

We made simple phone with plastic glases.

Do you know you can play on glasses? We had lots of fun

Experiments with fire – we have learned when fire burns and when it does not. We connected experiments with fire safety.

LET’S CLEAN THE WATER

EXPERIMENTS WITH ELECTRICITY.

Vilniaus r. Mickūnų vaikų lopšelis – darželis Lithuania

„Let‘s make our world more green and clean“

„Experiment with water“

Few days in our preschool together with children we try to check, how can we use our water in our lessons, children experimented what material is soluble in water, which material drowning or which material floating.

We have salt, sugar, semolina and sand to put into the water.

Children tried to give a colour for water, they put some drops of paint into the water.

What drowns and what floats? A car goes down...because...is heavy.

Pieces of paper floats...because...they are light.

SCIENCE EXPERIMENT WITH WATER: “FLOAT OR SINK”

“Float or Sink” it is a science experiment that many kids have done by the time. It was science activity, which we wanted to try how to float and sink different things around us.

We gathered the materials to test and made our chart. Than we testing and have the results. It’s so simple, and yet so fun.

Przedszkole Samorzadowe

w ZPO w Woli Filipowskiej

PPOLANDOLAND

EEXPERIMENTSXPERIMENTS WITHWITH C CHILDRENHILDREN

Children learn better by active participation and experimentation. By encouraging them to make experiments, to observe, to compare the results and to draw conclusions they become more aware and conscious the effects of the educational process. They become as well better motivated to further activities.

EEXPERIMENTSXPERIMENTS WITHWITH WATERWATER

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WWATERATER MOVEMENTMOVEMENT BYBY AIRAIR

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WWATERATER F FILTRATIONILTRATION

NNEWEW SOAPSSOAPS ANDAND PERFUMESPERFUMES

FFILTERILTER C CREATIONREATION

SSOAPSOAPS P PRODUCTIONRODUCTION FROMFROM OLDOLD PIECESPIECES OFOF SOAPSSOAPS ANDAND AROMATICAROMATIC ADDITIONSADDITIONS – – GRAINSGRAINS OFOF COFFEECOFFEE

PPERFUMESERFUMES P PRODUCTIONRODUCTION FROMFROM CCITRUSITRUS ANDAND C CINNAMONINNAMON

NATURALNATURAL PAINTSPAINTS

PPAINTSAINTS MAKINGMAKING FROMFROM POTATOPOTATO FLOURFLOUR ANDAND ARTIFICIALARTIFICIAL GREENGREEN ADDITIONSADDITIONS

NNATURALATURAL P PAINTSAINTS

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YYELLOWELLOW - - FROMFROM K KURKUMAURKUMA

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OORANGERANGE - - FROMFROM CARROTCARROT JUICEJUICE

GGREENREEN - - FROMFROM SPINACHSPINACH

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EEXPERIMENTSXPERIMENTS WITHWITH AIRAIR

CCHECKINGHECKING THETHE AIRAIR EXISTANCEEXISTANCE

WWEIGHTINGEIGHTING THETHE AIRAIR

OOBSERVINGBSERVING THETHE AIRAIR BUBBLESBUBBLES ONON THETHE WATERWATER

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AAIRIR MOVEMENTSMOVEMENTS - W - WINDMILLSINDMILLS

PPAPERAPER R RECYCLINGECYCLING

RRECYCLEDECYCLED P PAPERAPER P PRODUCTIONRODUCTION FROMFROM O OLDLD N NEWSPAPERSEWSPAPERS

FRENCHEXPERIMENTSIN KINDERGARDEN

FOODS

ANIMALS

ENVIRONNEMENTS

PLANTATIONS

Science experiment: The circle of water

This experiment we found in Aftenposten Junior; a national weekly newspaper for children. We conducted the experiment with students on the world water day. It is easy, but nice, and makes the circle of life very visible to the children.

You need:- a large bowl, in plastic or glass, it must be see-through- a small coffee cup- plastic wrapping foil- a rock- scissors- water- a large rubber band (or tape)How to do it:1. Place the bowl by a window with lots of sun, or in another warm place. Put the cup in the middle of the bowl and pour 1 cm of water around the cup. Make sure you do not get water inside the cup!2. Put plastic wrapping foil over the bowl and attach it with the rubber band or tape.3. Put a rock on the foil to make a dent in the middle.4. Leave it in the sun for one day (or more), then remove the plastic and look into the cup.

What happened?There will be a little water in the bottom of the cup.The heat from the sun made some of the water evaporate into an invisible gas. This gas became liquid again when it reached the cold plastic foil and it dripped into the cup.

Granly Primary School Norway

EXPERIMENTS IN KINDERGARTEN

Kindergarten sch IST. COMP. “E.PATTI” Trecastagni-ITALY

EXPERIMENTS WITH WATER

Children experiment how to make perfume with rose petals

Let’s make our world more green and clean!