Wet

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Wet Wild

• Make Waves _at_ Your Library
• Teen Summer Reading 2010

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Having Fun With Water
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Water Fights

• sponges, buckets and water
• ground rules
• outside
• end of day
• lots of towels
• leave by outside path not through the library

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Exploding Soda

• Yikes! Wow! Yuck! p. 48
• Steve Spanglers website
• outside activity
• can get sticky, but kids dont necessarily get
  wet
• hose off area when done

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Marbled Paper
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Marbled Paper Materials

• baking pan, 9x13
• oil paints
• eye dropper
• card stock, water color paper, smooth or textured
  in light colors, cut to fit the pan
• toothpicks, combs or feathers for marbling

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Wave in a Bottle

• materials
• glass bottle with lid
• water
• oil
• food coloring/ink

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Lava Lamp

• materials
• Wave in a Bottle
• Alka Seltzer
• flashlight

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Ideas from the2010 Collaborative Summer Library
ProgramTeen Manualwww.cslpreads.org
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Bubble Mania (p. 47)

• Includes a recipe for bubbles and related
  activities.
• homemade bubble wands
• double bubbles
• the secret to catching bubbles

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Water Games (p. 72)

• Keep Your Eye on the Ball (or water balloon)
• Capture the Flag (or water balloon)
• Sponge Toss
• Over-Under

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Other Ideas

• splash zone
• water fountain
• teeth
• balloon
• seed spitting
• water color art

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Add a Bit of Science
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Dress the Part

• lab coat
• safety goggles
• gloves

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Experiment with Each Activity

• question
• gather information
• predict
• try it out
• what happened
• write it down
• change a variable
• start over

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Where to Get Even More Ideas

• teens
• SRC manual
• science fair idea books
• science websites
• books on water
• craft books

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Webliography
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Science Bob
http//www.sciencebob.com/index.php
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Learnhub
http//chemistry.learnhub.com/lessons/pages
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Steve Spangler Science
http//www.stevespanglerscience.com/
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Bill Nye, Science Guy
http//www.billnye.com/
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Scientifics
http//scientificsonline.com
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Bibliography

• The Science of Water (Steve Parker)
• Making Things Float and Sink
• (Gary Gibson)
• We Dare You! (Vicki Cobb)
• Yikes! Wow! Yuck!
• (Elizabeth Snoke Harris)

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Before we go...
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Questions? Comments?

• Barbara Sutton
• Central Region Youth Services Librarian San Diego
  County Library
• barbara.sutton_at_sdcounty.ca.gov
• 858-952-4288