Sophie and Sadie's Scholarly Site

http://www.madscience.com/locations/columbia/

Parents:There’s even an Kid’s Club at Mad Science!
http://tinyurl.com/3upzs9d

But behind all the thrills of finding out  the science of why we belch, examining animal scat ( if you don’t know, just Google it), and mixing slime, the real reason we as parents and teachers need to check this out is here in this Time Magazine article found at the Mad Science website:
http://tinyurl.com/3gwvv67

We need to get kids hooked on science. What do kids like? Anything that looks, tastes, smells, or feels GROSS. I can tell some of you have been around fourth graders some days after lunch because I sense your smiles  and giggles.

Right now Mad Science  also has an exhibit titled "GROSSOLOGY" at the State Museum in Columbia. The State Museum includes more activities that are gross but science standard-based.
http://www.museum.state.sc.us/exhibits/animalgrossology.aspx

All this grossness is based on  the GROSSOLOGY series by Sylvia Branzei and Jack Keely which is also a series on Discovery Kids:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=grossology&x=0&y=0

But never fear- there are   many freebies out there so you too can be GROSS at home!
http://www.grossology.org/

http://www.arkansasdiscoverynetwork.org/exhibits/gross_lessons.html

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/education/guides/Grossology-guide.pdf

Sophie and Sadie are big fans of grossness that gets kids interested in science and  wave their paws in the air for this summer activity.
Disgustingly yours,
Fran