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Welcome to our website Kids Fun Science. For many years I was a teacher and taught science to kids of various ages. I found that kids loved science when the lessons included activities and experiments.

Our website includes pages of basic science information plus many science activities and experiments that kids will like to do while learning new and fascinating facts about science.

I wrote all of the books that are sold at our Kids Fun Science Bookstore and that we highlight on this website. They are available as printed books and e-books that can be downloaded immediately.

My grandchildren on the summit of Lava Butte

Living on the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Our family lives on the Cascadia Subduction Zone in volcano country. Our children and grandchildren grew up visiting fascinating places near our home. The banner at the top of the page shows my grand children visiting Mount Saint Helens and a bear viewing station near Wrangle, Island in Alaska.

Many of the pictures on this website were taken during our family vacations. My husband and I collected rocks for my students when I was teaching school. After retiring we collected many of the rocks sold at our store.

Main topics and Activities

The Main Topics on this website include information about our planet, tectonic plates, volcanoes, earthquakes, the oceans, space and much more. The links below will take you to the Main Topic Pages

The Activity Pages All of our science activities have been "kid tested" by my grandchildren as they were growing up. For example, I wrote the Dinos and Fossils activity book because our grandchildren were fascinated with dinosaurs when they were younger.

Kids Fun Science Links

Volcano Facts for Kids Volcanoes come in many shapes and sizes. Giant shield volcanoes in the oceans, stratovolcanoes on the continents, cinder cones and domes are four major types of volcanoes.

Planet Earth Planet Earth is one of the four rocky planets found in our Solar System. We live on the lithosphere which is the solid outer shell of our planet. It is the third planet from the Sun.

Volcanoes Super volcanoes produce huge amounts of ash and pyroclastic material that can alter the weather for years. Eruptions by Kilauea create lava tubes that carry rivers of molten rock to the ocean.

Earthquakes Find out what causes earthquakes and other fascinating facts about when our planet shakes, rattles, and rolls beneath our feet.

The Rock Cycle The Rock Cycle consists of igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks constantly changing from one group into another.

Plate Tectonics Plate Tectonics explains how and why crustal plates move around the Earth creating volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

The Ring of Fire The Pacific Ring of Fire is the home to 74% of the world's active volcanoes and 90% of earthquakes occur.

Space Astronomers looking at the night sky have discovered billions of galaxies like the Milky Way. Twelve people have walked on the Moon. Space probes had visited the planets. Hubble Space Telescope has brought us stunning pictures of the birthplace of stars.

The Oceans The Oceans cover 70% of the Earth. In recent years scientists have learned about many areas on the ocean floor where thriving communities of animals are living that were unknown 50 years ago.

Weather The weather affects our everyday lives throughout the year. Pages in this section include information about hurricanes, the Earths atmosphere layers, air pressure, lightning and thunderstorms.

News Articles Find out current science news, science facts for kids, and much more.

Activities
Science Activities Science activities are fun and easy to do! Make sedimentary sandwiches, build paper rockets, and watch dancing raisins. These are just a few of the many fun activities to do!

These easy science experiments are designed for kids of all ages. These free and fun science activities are ideal for home school science. Everyday materials are used for the experiments.

Science Fair Projects Do you need a kids science fair project? Our website has great science ideas and information for kids looking for prize winning projects!

Science Newsletter Sign up for our free Kids Science Newsletter, which comes out once a month. It contains four major sections. Fun Animal Facts, Question of the Month, Science News, Fascinating Facts and Science Trivia.

KIDS FUN Science Bookstore

Check out Myrna Martin's award winning textbooks, e-books, videos and rock sets. The Kids Fun Science Bookstore covers a wide range of earth science topics. Click here to browse.

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Kids Fun Science welcomes you to our website. For many years I was a teacher. Kids loved science classes when the lessons included activities and experiments.

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65 Workouts to get to the Top of the Class

KS2 means stepping the game up in mathematics.

You've already said a cheery hello to addition, number lines and multiplication. Now it's time to get stuck in with fractions, shapes, perimeters and other mathematically-spectacular topics. KS2 students can refine their skills to achieve the much-desired Mathematical Whizz Kid status.

We think anyone who makes it through all our KS2 quizzes on maths deserves a little 'hip hip hooray' (we would pull party poppers too if we could!).

We won't lie to you - it's not all ice cream and sprinkles down there in the quiz section. Some of this stuff gets tricky. Really tricky. Sometimes you'll be scratching your head like the ponderer you are, trying to digest all the new information and wondering if you'll ever be able to figure out percentages or ratios. And then it will happen. You'll shout 'Eureka!', you'll jump from your chair so high you'll almost hit the roof and everything in your brain will slot nicely into place. That's the magic in maths and we've designed our quizzes to try to make that happen as often as possible.

We'll provide helpful explanations after each incorrect answer to let you know where you went wrong and (most importantly) teach you how to get the right answer next time.

Maths in the classroom is a little pernickety. (Do you like that word, pernickety? We love it. What a great word.) In a single lesson, maths can go from simple to mind-bogglingly complicated. That's where we step in. If you come out of maths classes a little bit confused, or not entirely sure if you were doing it right, we'll be here to act as a revision tool to go over what you've covered. We include the key nuggets from the National Curriculum, so we know what to teach you!

We're training the next generation of Mathematical Whizz Kids.

We know you're smart cookies.

Let's see who's the smartest cookie in the box.

To find out more about this curriculum, our Key Stage 2 (KS2) article will keep you informed.

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In previous years you've said a cheery hello to addition, number lines and multiplication. Now that you are in Year 3, 4, 5 or 6 you'll need to learn about fractions, shapes, perimeters and other mathematically-important topics. Use these KS2 Maths quizzes to refine your skills as a Maths whiz kid!

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Key Stage 2 is a phase of primary education for pupils aged 7 to 11 in England and Wales.

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Key Stage 2 is a phase of primary education for pupils aged 7 to 11 in England and Wales.

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The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for science at key stages 1 to 4.

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These programmes of study are issued by law; you must follow them unless there's a good reason not to.

These programmes of study apply to all schools maintained by the local authority in England. They came into force in September 2016 for pupils up to and including year 10. For pupils in year 11, they come into force from September 2017.

Schools are not required by law to teach the content indicated as being 'non-statutory'.

Short films of teachers and subject experts talking about the national curriculum and how to use it are also available.

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National curriculum in England: science programmes of study

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The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for science at key stages 1 to 4.

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Use BBC Bitesize to help with your homework, revision and learning from KS1 to GCSE. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes.

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Teaching approaches: Inclusion - OER in Education

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Your vision for planning and teaching will apply to all classes and groups of pupils, and to each individual pupil. Only occasionally are the needs of individual pupils or groups of pupils so distinct that entirely different approaches are needed in order to help them learn mathematics and engage fully in lessons.