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Create a game using Gamefroot! Check out the tutorials and create your own game!

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Gamefroot's html5 LevelEditor, where you can make cool games inside your browser.

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Materials needed:

Water Based Markers

Paper Towel

String, Ribbon or Tape

Paper clip

Pencil

Water

Scissors

Tray, dish or pan that can hold water

Can you create your own climbing water?! Check out the link for how to create the experiment. Don't forget to send your teacher some photos of you doing the experiment!

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Climbing Rainbow Science Experiment - Rainbow STEAM Actiity for Kids

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Climbing Rainbow Science Experiment! This rainbow themed STEAM project is a fun and simple way for preschoolers and kids to explore science!

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Create your own Rainbow Rain from home!

Materials needed:

Vase (or mason jar)

Food Coloring

Shaving Cream (Foam not Gel)

Pipettes

Water

Check out the link for the instructions then send your teacher a video or photo of you creating the Rainbow Rain!

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Rainbow Rain Science Experiment - STEM activity for kids

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This Rainbow Rain Science Experiment is a fun, simple and colorful STEM activity that teaches kids about weather, rain and clouds.

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Check out the different links on this document and then create your pepeha in a creative way! Send your teacher the finished product to be in to win house points!

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Do you have Lego at home? Check out these pictures of Sea Creatures created using Lego! What animals or sea creatures can you create using Lego? Send your teacher your creations to be into win house points!

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Come under the sea with LEGO ocean animals for a fun summer LEGO building project the whole family can get into! Our basic brick LEGO sea creatures are perfect for all ages to work on and don't require specialty pieces! We love being able to use common brick for all sorts of LEGO challenges! Our LEGO activities for kids can't be beaten!

AWESOME LEGO OCEAN ANIMALS YOU CAN BUILD!

FUN LEGO SEA CREATURES FOR KIDS!

Check out our ocean animal and sea creature ideas below or make your own! Don't worry if you don't have exactly the right colors, just have fun! We used our basic bricks one night after dinner to build these cool sea creatures including whales, an octopus, a crab, and a big wave!
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Son and dad worked most of the evening to build these fun LEGO ocean animals together! My son was pretty proud of his LEGO whales. What is your favorite ocean animal or sea creature? Why not build it with LEGO!
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Check out our LEGO whales below!

My son invented two different styles of spouting water for his whales.

Check out the LEGO Crab!

Don't have the LEGO blocks with eyes on them? Draw your own with a dry erase marker. We did it with the mouth of our crab below!

Check out our LEGO Octopus!

What about all the legs of the octopus? His other legs are just hiding! Otherwise, he would have been huge! We tried to build him with pink and purple colors but we just didn't have enough. Any color works great as long as you are having fun!

Under the sea, LEGO creatures are the perfect activity for summer!
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Make a whole under the sea theme with your ocean animals! You could even have some seaweed {green bricks} floating around!

SIMPLE SUMMER FUN BUILDING LEGO OCEAN ANIMALS!

Click on the image below or on the link for more awesome LEGO activities for kids.

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LEGO Ocean Animals Building Activity | Little Bins for Little Hands

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Come under the sea with LEGO ocean animals for a fun summer LEGO building project the whole family can get into! Our basic brick LEGO sea creatures are perfect for all ages to work on and don't require specialty pieces! We love being able to use common brick for all sorts of LEGO challenges!

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Can you make a Tide Pool in your backyard? Check out the website for how to create this and then send a photo of your finished product to your teacher!

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Here's a super easy science experiment for kids all about ! Children will create their own mini tide pool and then add water to explore what happens during low tide and high tide. (And when they're done, they'll be left with a really fun tide pool sensory box to play with outside!)
*This activity meets the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS K-ESS3-1).
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This post was originally published on July 6, 2014 and has since been updated.
We have been taking all kinds of trips to the beach and tide pools this summer, and often on those trips, talk of low tide or high tide comes up. So I decided to help the kids understand what low and high tides are and how they affect sea life with this simple tide pool science experiment. (And be sure not to miss our rocky shore small world and ocean themed book set- more fun ways to learn about ocean life!) This post contains affiliate links.

Materials for Tide Pool Science

Dish pan or plastic bin

Lots of rocks and stones in various sizes

Mini toy sea creatures (We used these, but you could also make your own out of clay or Sculpey!)

Water

Directions for Model Tide Pool

1. Start by filling your pan on bin with rocks. (We had some sand nearby so we threw that in too!) Arrange them so there are varying levels of rocks in your pan, creating a tide pool.

2. Place your mini animals in the tide pool model.

3. Before adding water, discuss which animals will be underwater first as water is added.

4. Begin to add water one pitcher or cup at a time. (Pay attention to which animals are covered with water first.)

Continue adding water until you reach high tide. Notice how all the animals are underwater during high tide.

5. Before dropping your water level to low tide, discuss which animals will be exposed to the air first. Begin removing water one pitcher at a time until you've reached low tide. Notice how at low tide most animals are exposed to air. (This is a great time to talk about any body parts or movements sea creatures have to help them with low tide!)

When You're Done

Simulating low and high tides in our tide pool model really helped Lucy visualize what's going on in our local tide pools and why certain ares of our beaches are sometimes exposed and sometimes under water.

After we were done, we left our tide pool outside for the kids to play with- it's now the perfect tide pool themed sensory bin!

What's Going On?

Sea animals that live in or near the rocky shore have to deal with fluctuating tides. Because the water level changes, these animals are sometimes in air and sometimes in water.

Tides are influenced by the gravitational forces of the moon, sun and Earth, the Earth's rotation, and the shape of the shoreline.

Want to go even further?
Even more activities to inspire creativity and critical thinking for various ages.
1. Create waves in your tide pool. Talk about how waves and tides are different.

2. If you live near the beach, go on a tide pool scavenger hunt.

3. Check out the children's books below to discover even more about sea life in tide pools!
In One Tidepool: Crabs, Snails, and Salty Tails by Anthony D. Fredericks
Be sure to also check out these other fun ocean themed activities for kids:

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Tide Pool Science Experiment for Kids - Buggy and Buddy

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Here's a super easy science experiment for kids all about tide pools! Children will create their own mini tide pool and then add water to explore what happens during low tide and high tide. (And when they're done, they'll be left with a really fun tide pool sensory box to play with outside!)

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Check out the slideshow for a few different STEAM activities using just paper! Send your teacher a photo of your finished creation!

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With your Whanau, see if you can create your own catapult! Check out the PowerPoint for ideas and a bit of history behind catapults.

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Design and create a dance routine using symmetry! Find some music and record yourself showing off your routine! Send your teacher your video to win some house points!

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Create a maze using materials from home! Send your teacher some photos to be into win house points!

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Check out this video and then design your own recycling sorting machine with materials from home or school. Send your teacher a picture and be into win some house points for your house!

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Can you create your own paper plane launcher using materials from home or school? Check out this video for ideas and then send a photo of your creation to your teacher!

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Make a Paper Airplane Launcher | STEM Activity

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Follow the link and create your own disappearing colour wheel! Send your teacher photos of your creation to be into win house points!

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Disappearing Color Wheel   Sick Science! #182

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Try this experiment at home! Share your predictions and the outcome with your teacher to be into win house points!

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If you have these materials at home, why not make some scratch art! Send your teacher a photo of your finished piece of artwork!

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Create your own paint at home and then paint your teacher a picture! Send them a photo of your artwork to be into win house points!

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If you have these materials why not create a papier-mâché fish! Send your teacher a photo of your fish to be into win house points!

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Have a go at one of these STEAM activities in your bubble! Send your teacher a photo of you completing the activity to be into win house points!

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Check out these awesome activities that you can do using some online programmes! Send your teacher a photo of your finished product to be into win house points!

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Check out these awesome Wet Weather STEAM activities! Once you have completed one, send a photo to your teacher to be into win some house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of your completed Balloon Racer and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of your completed Space craft and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of your completed vehicle and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!

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Check out this awesome STEAM activity! Send your teacher a photo or video of you completing the task and be in to win house points!