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Build a Catapult Ready, aim, fire! Learn about physics as you build a catapult and launch items through the air! .. How does a catapult work? . A catapult works because energy can be converted from one type to another and transferred from one object to another.. When you prepare the catapult to launch, you add energy to it. The catapult you are about to make uses elastic potential energy stored in a wooden stick as you bend it. When you let go, this stored energy is released, converted into energy of motion and transferred to the missile (the launched object), which then flies through the air.. The position of the launching device when the missile becomes airborne is an important parameter of aiming. But would the amount of energy with which you're loading your device factor in as well? Try this activity to find out!. . . Key concepts: Physics Engineering Elastic potential energy Projectile motion. . Catapults were mighty handy for pirates in the golden age of piracy (during the 17th century). And medieval knights used them centuries earlier for taking down massive castle walls. Even Greeks and Romans used catapults about 2,000 years ago! Can you think of any examples of how this type of energy is used today???? . . . . #scienceexperiments #scienceteacher #scienceonsaturdays #sciencefun #stem #stemeducation #stemforkids #stemactivities #stemeducators #stemlearning #stemkids #stemtoys #stemlearning #thingstodowithkids #toddlerlife #toddleractivities #toddlermom #teaching2toddlers #makecreateplay #earlyyearsplay #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learningisfun

A simple maths addition idea using a dice and abacus. 1️⃣roll the dice, . 2️⃣say the number (and write it down, or get them to use use stamps or toy numbers) to make up the written addition. 3️⃣ Move that many beads on the abacus. 🔁Repeat two or three times. 5️⃣Count all the beads total on the abacus and write it down. 6️⃣ Verbally day the written down part. E.g “One plus three equals four”. . . This introduces addition, the language and the ten frame. My son is just over three and loved this activity. . . . . . . #homeschool #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learning #prekactivities #mathsisfun #mathstudent #mathsteacher #mathsactivityforkids #toddleractivities #toddlermom #toddlermath #activitieswithmytoddler #kidslovelylearning #kidsmath #kidsactivities #stem #stemforkids #playtray #techplaytuesday #kmartplaytray #ideasforkids #playathome #playathomemummy #homeschoollife

How cute are these “FEELING FRUITS” to express and discuss feelings? Read below, for the activity we did with these emotional fruit!!! . . .Can you identify what all these emotions mean? 😀🥰🤪😔😫😡😬🥱🤢. BUILDING EMOTIONAL LITERACY: . It is important that children learn how to identify and express their feelings in an appropriate manner. Teaching kids the link between behavior and feelings will help them learn to express their feelings and exercise self-control when things are not going their way. They also have an easier time making friends and getting along with others. . In this activity, we simply snuggled down on the couch together and went through each image, recognizing the emotion and sharing the things that make us feel that same emotion. . . For some of the sad and angry ones, we also talked about what we would do if someone else was experiencing those emotions. For example, a sad friend who bumped his knee, or mad because we had broken his toy by accident. . . . This was a really wonderful activity to connect and talk together and I both know that we will want to do this again a million times again! .Amazingly, each card also comes with some conversation questions about the emotion too!! . . . . #emotions #feelingsquotes #feelings #feelingsad😔 #isolation #socialisolation #emotionalhealth . #scienceexperiments #scienceteacher #scienceonsaturdays #sciencefun #stem #stemeducation #stemforkids #stemactivities #stemeducators #stemlearning #stemkids #stemtoys #stemlearning #thingstodowithkids #toddlerlife #toddleractivities #toddlermom #teaching2toddlers #makecreateplay #earlyyearsplay #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learningisfun

Yesterday we made a wind vane out of straws, a paper cup and a dowel because it was pretty windy yesterday. This instrument is a great way to show the direction of the wind. . A wind vane works by wind blowing against a large surface to measure the wind direction. The tail end is the larger of the two areas and causes the front end to point in the wind blowing direction.. . A wind is always named according to the direction from which it blows. For example, a wind blowing from west to east is a west wind. The ultimate cause of Earth's winds is solar energy.. . #scienceexperiments #scienceteacher #scienceonsaturdays #sciencefun #stem #stemeducation #stemforkids #stemactivities #stemeducators #stemlearning #stemkids #stemtoys #stemlearning #thingstodowithkids #toddlerlife #toddleractivities #toddlermom #teaching2toddlers #makecreateplay #earlyyearsplay #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learningisfun

SWIPE 👉🏻 TO WATCH 🎥. Even though I post mostly STEM activities, I should mention that we do a ton of traditional educational activities too at home, like working in spelling for example. Considering there are a ton of kids not in school right now, I thought I would share a little activity we worked on today to develop my sons literacy reading. . . Although he is a bit young for it, being only early threes, I find he loves the challenge and finds these types of activities enjoyable, especially when they are combined with another activity that he loves playing with. In this example, it’s stamps. . . . I must point out that I do this activity because my toddler is very competent sounding out letters and coming up with a ton of things that start with that letter, and beginning to determine if a letter is used in a word or not... so I figure why not start learning to read three letter words. . . My son got a bit carried away and asked me to prepare some bigger words on the next page that he liked like “fence, building and food”. Hahaha . . . . . . .#homeschooling #homeschoolingmom #homeschoolingideas #stayathomemom #stayathome #prek #schoolcurriculum #handsonlearning #learningthroughplay #learningtoread #phonetics #learningthroughart #homelife #toddlerideas #playideas #stem #stemforkids #stemplay

Watch my 3 year old take you through the steps of creating a vegetable #discoverygarden from #Woolworths. The packs provide everything you need, just add water. . . It’s a great activity to keep track of and care for- seem we will be staying home for the next few weeks or months while the world gets back to normal (hopefully). . . . . .. . . #stemandplay_science #scienceteacher #scienceexperimentsforkids #scienceexperiments #stemathome #stem #stemeducation #stemlearning #learningthroughplay #learningisfun #learningathome #kidslovelylearning #stemtoy #play #playmakecreate #techplaytuesday #playideas #homeschool #homeschoolpreschool #duplo #duplochallenge #playideasforkids #eylf #handsonlearning #kidsgarden #natureplay @woolworths_au

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