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Get Ready for April Showers with a Rainy Day Umbrella

Get Ready for April Showers with a Rainy Day Umbrella

Make your own mini umbrella to use during pretend play on rainy days! Materials Needed: Paper plate (large or small) Tape Scissors Markers/crayons/stickers Pipe cleaner or bendy straw  Steps:  Decorate paper plate with markers, crayons, stickers, anything! *Be sure to...
Maker Activity: Recycle Bots

Maker Activity: Recycle Bots

Have you been eating a lot of soup or other canned goods? Use those cans for a maker activity and create some Recycle Bots!Recycle Bots can stir the imagination and are wonderful tools for open-ended play. Open-ended play can is play that has no pre-determined...
Terra, Kaleideum’s Box Turtle

Terra, Kaleideum’s Box Turtle

Kaleideum has a box turtle named Terra. You may see box turtles in your yard or along the side of the road. These interesting creatures can also be pets. Here are five fun facts about box turtles and some additional questions in parentheses that you can research at...
LIVE Science! Plasma Ball

LIVE Science! Plasma Ball

In this episode of Kaleideum At Home, Jay utilizes the Plasma Ball to demonstrate some of the properties of this fourth state of matter. The Plasma Ball was invented by Nikolas Tesla. It is a clear glass ball filled with a mixture of noble gases and a high voltage...