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Beach Science Ideas

 

 

Hot Sun

Place chocolate bars on two cookie sheets the place one in the
 sun and one in the shade. See what happens and how long it takes.

 

Shells Up Close

Have a magnifying glass handy for them to see the shells up close.

 

Why We Should Wear Sunscreen At the Beach

Make cut outs of a child shape from a dark piece of construction paper.
Have two for each child. One should be covered saying this is like sun
screen protection, the other is plain. Place them in the sun. Later go out
remove the covering and show how the colors are different. The sun is very strong.

 

How Sand Is Formed

Pound two rocks together over a piece of construction paper.  Can you hear the particles
falling off onto the paper?  Look at them with a magnifying glass?  What does it look like?
 (sand)  When the waves crash against the rocks little pieces fall off creating the beach sand.

 

What is Sand?

Use a magnifying glass to examine sand. Talk about how sand is actually
 tiny pieces of rocks, shells or coral. Explain that sand is created when
 materials such as rocks rub together. Over time, tiny pieces of rock wear
 off and these pieces become sand. To explain this concept have the
 children rub two sugar cubes together to make "sand". My children had
 fun with this. Leave all items out for children to examine.

 

Wave Bottle

Pour blue tinted water, oil, glitter, and small sea
 creatures inside a plastic  bottle. The children
 can shake it up to create waves, and sea the oil and
 water separate; like the beach and water.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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