Celebrate Chemistry with Kids this Summer

Finding safe, low-cost, educational and fun activities for kids during the summer so their brains stay active and ripe for learning is hard. That’s partially why we decided to homeschool year round and take fewer shorter breaks during our school year.

Dow Chemical – a leading global partner of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry – produced a few videos, showcasing three different at-home experiments you can do as a family and use as a way to get kids and students excited about the power of chemistry and science in their everyday lives.

After having about a four week break, we started school up again yesterday for the next year. We decided to kick off our year with a bang and had a “Chemistry Experiment Party” where we tried the experiments at home that Dow Chemical did in the videos.

The one we had the most fun with was Uncovering the Chemistry of Blood. I took some photos while the experiment was underway. It’s amazing the lessons one can learn with simple materials that everyone can purchase. You don’t need a bunch of lab equipment to be wowed by the chemistry of what is around us every day!

You can also see the videos below on how this experiment is actually done, how chemistry is involved in the game of baseball and the ever classic erupting of a baking soda volcano.

For more information on Dow’s involvement with the International Year of Chemistry and why getting kids involved with chemistry at a young age is so important visit www.Dow.com/IYC or www.Chemistry2011.org.

Dow sent me a gift card so I could purchase the materials for the at-home experiments.

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