If you are going to teach your kids about electricity, here is a collection of resources that will help you with your studies. Lesson Plans Digital Learning Kit Electricity from the Canada Science and Technology Museum – includes math, art, language, etc in addition to science Electricity and Electrical Safety by Switched On Kids  – 6 […]

Space. It’s this wonderful, exciting thing to explore for kids. Here is a round-up of some fantastic resources to teach your kids about astronomy. This post may contain affiliate links. Lesson Plans & Activities Canadian Astronomy Education : Grade 1  | Grade 6  | Grade 9 | Grade 11/12  Canadian Space Agency – Activities and Experiments Our Solar System – First Grade by […]

How much do you know about the water you drink? In Canada, our drinking water is pretty good. We live in a place where water is plentiful and well taken care of, but learning about what is in our water (and what are acceptable standards) is an interesting experiment. I was asked by WaterTestingKits.com if I could […]

Sir Issac Newton introduced us to the Laws of Motion – the idea of how things move. Below are some resources to teach your kids about motion and how it works. Lessons How Stuff Works: Laws of Motion How to Teach Newton’s Laws of Motion in Elementary School Newton’s First Law  |  Second Law   […]

This post contains affiliate links. This month, our Science Expeditions box from Little Passports was all about solar energy – which is perfect to study during these sunny days of summer. As always, we started off with the little book that came with the kit, reading the comic and doing the exercises in it. We […]

Science surrounds us. It is everywhere and affects us every day. The importance of science in our daily lives may not be immediately obvious, but if you examine your routine, you’ll find you’re regularly making science-based choices. For example, consider the food you eat (do you choose organic); products you use (do you consider their environmental impact); […]

This post contains affiliate links. This month with Little Passports’ Science Expeditions kit, we got to explore Aerodynamics. When the kit arrived, we started guessing what would be inside the box. For sure, we thought there were going to be paper airplanes. Eagerly my science kid opened it up and we were surprised – no […]

This post contains affiliate links. This year, Little Passports asked our family to try out their Science Expeditions monthly subscription box. Box #1 was really neat, with experiments about Forensic Science – such as extracting DNA, studying fingerprints, and examining blood splatters. The second box is about Vision and Optics – how our eyes work […]