a collection of excellent resources
for young learners and their teachers
collected by Gail Lovely
March 20-26 is National Bubble Week!
Use Bubbles to motivate, teach and learn!
National Bubble Week is March 20-26, 2006
http://bubbleblowers.com/bub-week.html
General Bubble Resources (includes how-to, recipes for bubble liquid and MORE!)
http://www.bubblemania.com/faq/solution.html
http://bizarrelabs.com/bubble.htm
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/do/morebubbles.html
http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=158
Lesson Plans
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci076.html
http://www.kinderart.com/across/bubbles.shtml
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci053.html
a book to buy: http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/gems/GEM132.html
Activity Ideas and More
Make BIG Bubbles and Learn from them
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bubble_tray.html
Make a Variety of Bubble Blowers and see the Bubble Shapes you can make
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/soap_bubbles.html
Bubble Geometry (part of a larger lesson/activity plan for young learners)
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/b/bubblegeometry/bubblegeometry.html
More Teaching Resources
Printable Book about Bubbles and Bubble Fun
http://www.cleaning101.com/sdakids/bubbles/bubblebook.pdf
Bubble Words in Multiple Languages
http://www.bubbleinc.co.uk/new/pages/bubble_words.php
Bubble Songs
http://stepbystepcc.com/bubbles.html
Bubble Poem
http://www.sdahq.org/new1198/kids/bubbles/page10.htm
Bubble Facts and Trivia
http://www.abc.net.au/science/experimentals/stories/s1330365.htm
Bubble Crafts
Bubble Stationery (could also be book endplates)
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/do/bubblestationeryandh.html
Beautiful and Creative Bubble Makers to Make
http://www.billybear4kids.com/graduation/summer/bubbles/you-make.html
Higher Level Science of Bubbles
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/bubbles.html
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/bubbles.htm
Bubbles without soap – Space Station Bubble Science: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/25feb_nosoap.htm
“Build” a bubble-viewer to see the colors of the bubbles: http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/bub_dome.html
More Information than you will ever need: Solution Comparison and More
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/bubbles.htm
Bubbles in Art, Video and Images
Stained Glass
http://www.sg-w.com/panels/pictures/bubblelady01/3wb.jpg
Bubble Videos and Images
Famous Bubblers
Big Bubbles
http://bubbles.org/video/pbaustria2.avi
Bubbles Skimming off Lake (scroll down to “bubble fun on the party barge")
http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/video1.htm
Bubble Photos
http://homepage.mac.com/keithmjohnson/soapbubblerphotos/
Just for Fun – Not very Educational, but I couldn’t resist!
Bubble Cam - Activate this bubble machine in a Floridian backyard and see the bubbles
http://www.andieandmike.org/bubblecam-push.stm
Well, not soap bubbles, but Bubble Wrap to pop online:
http://www.therightfoot.net/mystuff/whatever/swf/bubblewrap.swf
http://bubblesmith.com/game1.swf
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