Science Stuff
Do-It-Yourself Summer Camp
2007
Science Field Trips
June 13, 2007- 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM –WILD KIDS’ SUMMER CAMP: SUMMER IN THE
SALT MARSH –  Biology-  Help us create a brand new habitat at Robinson Preserve
during this special weekday event! Your family can be part of the restoration
revolution as you work to plant salt marsh species. We’ll first learn about the habitat
through exciting hands-on activities and then get down and dirty building a home for
all the cool critters that live in the salty soil. Dress to get wet! Great for kids or adults.
Funding for this program provided by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency - Gulf of Mexico Program Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Restoration Center, Gulf of Mexico Foundation, and Tampa Bay
Estuary Program.  Reservations are required. Please call 941-748-4501 ext. 4605.
Robinson Preserve FREE

June 13, 2007-  Silly Science at Intergenerational Musical Motion- 11am-12 noon. Explore
music, sign language, ABC's and much more with your 0-5 year old.   Creative activities using props
such as puppets, parachutes, bean bags and scarves.  No preregistration required.  Our
intergenerational program meets in Assisted Living facilities and includes "grandfriends" in the fun!  
at College Park Club  Activities Room- 5612 26th St W.Bradenton.  for more info call 756- 3007  ( I co-
facilitate the group- I'd love to meet you !)FREE

June 13  2007- Silly Science at Musical Motion- 9:15 am-10:15 am-  Explore music, sign
language, ABC's with your 0-5 year old.  Creative activities using props such as puppets,
parachutes, bean bags and scarves.  No preregistration required. Faith Chiristian Church 5215
Lorraine Rd Bradenton. for more info call 756-3007. ( I co-facilitate the group- I'd love to meet you !)
FREE

June 14 2007- Silly Science at Musical Motion- 9:15 am-10:15 am-  (birth -5 years) Explore
music, sign language, ABC's with your 0-5 year old.  Creative activities using props such as puppets,
parachutes, bean bags and scarves.  No preregistration required. Community of Christ, 5817 33rd St.
East- . for more info call 756-3007. ( I co-facilitate the group- I'd love to meet you !) FREE

June 14 2007- Silly Science at Family Partnership Center Presents:  FREE Playgroups -  
Musical Motion -(birth - 5 years) 11am-12noon Learn & Play with your child and other parents.
Explore music, poetry, sign language and much more. Thursday mornings , Bethel Baptist Church
1805 30th Ave West, Family Partnership Center, for more information call 941-756-3007. Cost:
FREE

June 14, 2007- Silly Science at  "SIBLING" Musical Motion -(birth - 9 years) 12:30-1:
30pm Preschoolers bring your big brother or sister!!  Learn & Play with your child and other
parents. Explore music, poetry, sign language and much more. Thursday mornings , Bethel Baptist
Church 1805 30th Ave West, Family Partnership Center, for more information call 941-756-3007.
Cost: FREE

June 16, 2007- Earth Science - Free Kayak Eco Tours and dealer tryouts. 9-2pm.
everySaturday all summer thru a local navigable waterway by way of Palma Sola
causeway. No experience necessary, kids welcomed! We provide kayaks and all gear.
Free for the first half hour and only $10/hr extensions and is deductible from kayak
purchase.Call Native Rentals 941-778-7757 FREE

June 16, 2007- Hurricane Expo 9am-4pm, Manatee Civic Center- One Haben Blvd,
Preparedness Seminars, Homebuyer classes, First 500 Attendees receive a pocket size
first aid kit & free lunch FREE

June 17, 2007- Animal Science- on Father’s Day at the Zoo from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
In honor of Father’s Day, dads receive FREE admission with the purchase of a full-
priced child's admission ticket. (Child's ticket must be purchased on June 17 only.
Offer not combinable with other discounts.)


ONGOING
  • Mote Aquarium invites students K-12  to extend their summer learning experience.  Bring your final
    report card showing an "A" in any science subject to received FREE Admission through June 30, 2006
    with a paying adult.  Info 388-4441 or www.mote.org

  • The Florida Aquarium offers students with all A’s and B’s or those with perfect
    attendance free admission plus reduced admission for an accompanying adult.



  • DeSoto National Memorial - Environmental Science FREE- Junior Park Ranger, learn about
    mangroves,  plants, creatures and waterways on the self-led walking tour.

  • Mayaka State Park, Envionmental science- learn all about alligators, tree canopy walk, $5
    per car for up to 8 people

  • Emerson Point, Snead Island- self lead walking tour of this natural wonder.

Local Science Attractions

Projects to do at home:
Science Recipes

Science Experiences for Toddlers through Kindergarten, (developed in part by
Marjorie Fondacaro, RC4K Consultant)- topics can include air, gravity, light, evaporation, water,
color mixing, friction, sound, magnets plants, animals the senses & health
  • Air - Pin Wheels, Wind Wheels- Tape strips of cloth, ribbon or crepe paper to one side of a
    plastic lid and watch them fly in the wind. Air pushers-place small light objects on a table
    (cotton balls, tissue paper, feathers) and let the children discover how to move them with
    straws, fans or empty plastic squirt bottles
  • Gravity - Downhill Racers- create an inclined plane using cardboard. Allow children to roll
    small cars or balls down the plane. Tube Slide: same concept as above except use a large card
    board tube
  • Plants - Sweet potato vines, Bean Sprouts in a bag with damp paper towel, garden on a sponge

  • Color Mixing- Food Colors in the bathtub, Read Mouse Paint, by Ellen Stoll Walsh - then mix
    primary colors to make orange, purple and green.


Recommended Reading   
Infant & Toddler:  Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carl
Pre-K & Kindergarten: Actual Size,  by Steve Jenkins
Grade School:  Science Verse, by Jon Scieszka, Penguin USA Viking Childrens Books, Lane
Smith


Fun Links:
(for all ages)