Fossils (From Magnets to Magic Mixtures)

Warm-up Game “Dino Hunt": This game is similar to the very popular "Bear Hunt." We listened to the lyrics and music "We are going on a Dino Hunt" by Dennis Westphall and imitate the movements (e.g., swimming through a river, climbing a mountain). 


 








Science Project “Fossils” : We created fossils using coffee grounds, coffee, flour, and salt (see recipe). We absolutely loved it and did a fantastic job working together.

Ingredients:

1 cup of used coffee grounds
1/2 cup of cold coffee
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup of salt
Wax paper
Mixing bowl
Some small objects to make impressions in the dough
Empty plastic glasses
 

 
How to make it:

• Stir together the coffee grounds, cold coffee, flour, and salt until well mixed. If dough is too moist, add flour.
• Knead the dough together and then flatten it out onto the waxed paper. 
• Use the plastic glasses to cut out circles of the dough or use your hands to make slabs large enough to fit your "fossil" objects.

• Press your objects firmly into the dough. When you take the object out, you have your "fossil".   
• Let the fossils dry overnight.

Painting on Inclines (From Magnets to Magic Mixtures)

Sharing a Surfboard

Warm-up Game "Surfing": Today, we revisited this popular game from our summer Clubhouse session. Our self-made surfboards were spread out on the floor and we pretended to surf when the music (Beach Boys of course) played. When the music stopped, we found a surfboard to stand on (sharing surfboards was encouraged). 

Art Project “Incline Painting”: We were split into small groups and worked in teams. We used eye droppers and diluted paint in different colors and placed drops of water on a piece of paper that was attached to a cookie sheet or board. The twist was that the board was raised. We observed how long the drops stayed together until gravity pulled them down. This is a great activity to promote peer communication (e.g., negotiating what colors to use or mix, commenting, sharing observations, getting the communication partner's attention).