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From www.looledo.com This cool Mars Rover was built out of nothing but a milk container, cereal box, some masking or foil tape and straws!All you need is your imagination and some simple household supplies! This LooLeDo.com video will show you how to make this fun project in minutes! Always use your imagination and be creative when building this project or any others. It’s your creation, so be inventive when looking for building supplies — you just may be surprised! When building your project, experiment with new and different ways of putting it together. The most important thing is to have fun! LooLeDo.com is a project-based website for parents, teachers, and educators. LooLedo makes available the ability to share and upload your own photo and video craft projects, and allows you to view what others have shared. LooLeDo.com is a place for people with an interest in kids’ crafts to connect with one another, share craft ideas and projects, create interest groups, and have fun! We encourage you to explore LooLeDo.com, where you’ll find step-by-step instructions for dozens of easy projects your kids can build using materials they can find around the house or in the classroom. Each project has a video tutorial, showing in detail how to build these simple projects.
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CERN is launching a games website for children. Check this trailer to know more, or go play at www.cern.ch/cernland
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From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge since 1970. Saturn, Lord of the Rings & Outer Gas Giants, Uranus & Neptune Second largest of the gas planets, Saturn rules a dazzling domain. Its famous rings are billions of moon-lets that range from the size of tanks to grains of dust. The planet is so light it would float in water, and its largest moon, Titan, is bigger than Mercury. Uranus is twice as far from the Sun as Saturn, while Neptune is so distant it takes 165 years to orbit the Sun. Uranus rotates on its side, possibly knocked over in a collision. Triton, Neptunes largest moon, is the coldest place in our Solar System.
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What could be more fun for kids than to have the kind of rip-roaring good time that harkens back to pre-video game, pre-computer days? Introducing 64 valuable science experiments that snap, crackle, pop, ooze, crash, boom, and stink! From Marshmallows on Steroids to Home-Made Lightning, the Sandwich Bag Bomb to Giant Air Cannon, The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science awakens kids’ curiosity while demonstrating scientific principles like osmosis, air pressure, and Newton’s Third Law of Motion. Kids will love performing these experiments, which use common household ingredients and equipment, in front of an audience or for themselves (though many require adult supervision). Entries are categorized into seven chapters according to scientific theme and are written in a simple-to-follow recipe format. each includes a detailed explanation of the scientific principle involved and a “Take Care!” section with special tips. The book’s design and illustrations recall the pulp fiction look of science magazines from the days when space travel was still considered sci-fi, while the author’s voice is wry and a bit conspiratorial. He assumes his readers are clever and never coddles them. Drop Mentos into a bottle of diet soda and stand back as a geyser erupts! Launch a rocket made from a film canister! Encase your little brother in a giant soap bubble! For young scientists—and the young at heart—this book is a blast. Literally. www.workman.com
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Educational video covering Comets & Asteroids and their properties. This and other great videos can be purchased at www.songsofhigherlearning.com
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For Grades 2-6. From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge since 1970. Second largest of the gas planets, Saturn rules a dazzling domain. Its famous rings are billions of moon-lets that range from the size of tanks to grains of dust. The planet is so light it would float in water, and its largest moon, Titan, is bigger than Mercury. Uranus is twice as far from the Sun as Saturn, while Neptune is so distant it takes 165 years to orbit the Sun. Uranus rotates on its side, possibly knocked over in a collision. Triton, Neptunes largest moon, is the coldest place in our Solar System. From the Space Files series by York Films, London.
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From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge since 1970. Between Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt. Every so often, asteroids collide and tumble towards the Sun. If they pass Mars, they can be drawn towards Earth, sometimes colliding. Sixty-five million years ago an asteroid impact may have been the cause of the climate change that killed the dinosaurs. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is a ball of gas with no solid surface. Regal Jupiter is orbited by more than 60 moons of which four are large enough to be small planets
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From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge since 1970. Between Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt. Every so often, asteroids collide and tumble towards the Sun. If they pass Mars, they can be drawn towards Earth, sometimes colliding. Sixty-five million years ago an asteroid impact may have been the cause of the climate change that killed the dinosaurs. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is a ball of gas with no solid surface. Regal Jupiter is orbited by more than 60 moons of which four are large enough to be small planets
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Great resource for teachers. Solar system song for 3-4th grade. Read on for lyrics. Recorded live at Riverside Telescope Makers Conference. Lyrics are free for non-profit educational use. Solar System Limericks Chorus: Mercury, Venus Earth, Mars, Jupiter Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto(er) Comets, Asteroids, Moons & Meteors Orbit ’round the Sun There’s a planet we know we call Mercury. It orbits the Sun in a big hurry. Only 88 days To go ’round all the way It’s a wonder it doesn’t look blurry. An Earth sized planet is Venus. But there’s not much in common between us. Acid clouds keep it hot. A paradise it’s not! On Venus the weather is heinous! We all know the planet called Earth. We call it the home of our birth. Seas, mountains and air, Life is found everywhere. It’s a planet of obvious worth. Mars is a planet that’s red it might have had life but looks dead It’s dusty and rusty with winds that are gusty. It’s cold there so cover your head. Asteroids are rocky debris. When we look at them closely we see Rocks that are jumbled, And crumbled and tumbled Pulled round by the sun’s gravity. Jupiter’s largest of all. A hydrogen helium ball. Twisting clouds humor us Moons that are numerous Comparing the two, Earth is small. The largest planet is Jupiter I learned about it on my computer clouds twisting orange like rust on a door hinge before I knew this I was stupider Of beautiful Saturn I sing a light fluffy puffball type thing we know from the math it would float in the bath …
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For grades 2-5. From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge since 1970. Baked and irradiated, Mercury is a cratered world; pock-marked by impactors that rained from space during the early development of our Solar System. With double sunrises, its day is twice as long as its year. Mercurys orbit is now perpetually shadowed from the scorching Sun; scientists think there may be ice deposited by comets. In contrast, the un-Earthly Venus is a lifeless planet with a dense, choking atmosphere with temperatures that could melt lead. Constantly shrouded in cloud, Venus could once have been Earths twin with oceans and continents, even simple life, but as the Sun matured, Venus became the hottest planet in our Solar System. From the Space Files series by York Films of London with special thanks to David Taylor.
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