Description
Book SynopsisKids of all ages can use recycled and repurposed household items to complete exciting and green ecology experimentsJunk Drawer Ecology is a hands-on guide to saving the planet. Fun, free science activities help kids of all ages learn about the science of our planet’s ecology. The environment is changing every day, and we can help slow that change. Using free or low-cost things children already have around their homes, these activities are perfect to stimulate young brains.
Readers will learn about the importance of the polar regions without leaving their communities, about new ways to cut our dependence on fossil fuels, about all forms of pollution, and how they can make a difference.
Junk Drawer Ecology will give inquisitive kids many hours of fun and help them learn at the same time.Trade Review"Immersive and imaginative... [w]ith the book's emphasis on positivity and hands-on science, kids are empowered to learn through doing." -- Kirkus Reviews
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Mini Greenhouse
Larger Greenhouses
Self-Watering Pots
Regrow Your Own Veggies
Solar Still
Cool Dirt or Hot Dirt
Landfill Design
Pick a Good Color
Recycling Paper
Milk and Vinegar Plastic
Paper Straws
Solar Pizza Box
Sun Power
Corn Starch Plastic
Keep the Heat In or Out
2: Animals and Plants
Yarn Food Chains
Yarn Food Webs
Decomposing Food Circles
Fish Food Chain
Food Chain Pyramids
Predators and Prey
Carnivores Eat Meat Triangle
Counting Fish in the Ocean
Paperclip Biodiversity
Random Sampling
Oily Feathers
Pollination Practice
Selective Nets
SPF for Life
Symbiotic Emojis
Ten Percent Dining
3: Water and Land
Paper Plate Biomes
Fire Triangles
Ice Shelf Melting
Melting Polar Ice Caps
Microclimates
Runoff vs Groundwater Pollution
Sinkholes
Stop the Acid Rain
Water Cycle Bag
A Cup Full of Rain
Edible Aquifers
Mining for Chips
Ocean Currents
Tasty Soil
4: Air
The Air We Breathe
Clean Balloons
Sticky Note Carbon Cycle
Capture the Carbon
Paperclip Smog
Cyclone Air Cleaner
