Super Fun Science

The day is finally here everyone!

After many months of development we are proud to present Dollar Store Science.

This series of lessons brings a solid foundation of science understanding to you and your children. We split it into 4 separate mini-series consisting of 3 basic “lessons”.

For each mini-series we’ll send you a few emails that will point you back to SuperFunScience.com’s website. On those pages there will be a short lesson, an experiment and a quiz. A video accompanies the entire day so you can follow along with the lesson and the experiment.

All of these experiments will utilize materials you can either find at home or pick up at the discount store for a few dollars. That’s where the name “Dollar Store Science” comes from! You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars to get your children interested in learning science!

Each mini-series is on sale separately for $12.95US or you can purchase all four mini-series for $42.00US…

Except this week I want to offer everyone FIVE DOLLARS of the complete package. Simply enter the coupon code “A31369CFA2″ for five dollars off of the entire Dollar Store Science series.

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Here’s what the series consists of:

• Physics
  • Temperature Density
  • Evaporation and Temperature
  • Surface Tension
• Chemistry
  • Chemical Pollutants
  • Oil-Water-Detergent
  • Chemical Density
• Biology
  • Transpiration
  • Plant Food
  • Osmosis
• Earth Science
  • Erosion
  • Orbit
  • Water Cycle

As you can see, we spent some time deciding what lessons to include in this program. What do you think we should do next? Let us know by using our contact form HERE.

November 11th, 2008 | Tags: dollar store science | Category: Ask a Question, Biology, Chemistry, Life Science, Physics, Site News | Comments Off

Our nearest neighbor Mars is a cold desert planet with no liquid water on its surface. Mars, like Earth, has two poles, each of which are covered by huge ice caps that remain frozen throughout the year. But in the Martian arctic, frozen water lies just below ground level instead of on the surface as [...]

October 8th, 2008 | Category: Astronomy, Physics | Leave a comment

We got together with one of our first course takers to show everyone how pulleys work… without using pulleys!

September 28th, 2008 | Tags: Experiments, kid, Physics, pulleys | Category: Experiments, Physics, Uncategorized, Video | Leave a comment

A pulley is a simple rope and wheel with a groove that can do big jobs. Pulleys are important because they are involved in many machines, big and small. The written concepts of the lever and pulley date back to 200 B.C. and Archimedes, a Greek mathematician.

September 24th, 2008 | Tags: Archimedes, Compound Pulley, Fixed Pulley, Movable Pulley, Physics, pulley, simple machine | Category: Physics, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Long ropes
Pulley and pulley
Lift the heaviness

September 23rd, 2008 | Category: Physics, What's That | Leave a comment

Well, that was a disgusting week for us to get through…  Parasites = Yuck.
Next up… Pulleys!  Pulleys are everywhere you look and we’ll get into the details of these simple machines.
But first let’s recap some of the other science stories we found this week:

September 23rd, 2008 | Tags: Ant Species, Flourescent Fish, liquid titan, Parts of the body | Category: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physics | Leave a comment

As air moves it’s pressure changes. Changes in air pressure are what makes weather happen and airplanes fly.

Air moving quicker over the top of an airplanes wing creates lift. In this experiment we’ll demonstrate this useful property of physics.

September 12th, 2008 | Tags: easy science experiments, Fun Science, kid science, science experiments, science experiments for kids, science for kids, science news for kids, science projects | Category: Experiments, Physics | Leave a comment

Newton’s third law states that every action has equal and opposite reaction. We will put this law to test in this experiment and check its validity.

September 6th, 2008 | Category: Astronomy, Experiments, Physics | Leave a comment

Solar Power is power that can light up your house,  heat your pool and do other power generating functions with the energy that comes from the sun.  So If the power generated comes from the sun, does this mean that you will not have power to light up your house during the night or during [...]

September 3rd, 2008 | Tags: Alternative Energy, Electricity, Kids, Solar Power | Category: Chemistry, Physics, Technology | Comments (4)

Blue or black to soak up the sun
No gas involved
Best at the equator

September 2nd, 2008 | Tags: easy science experiments, Fun Science, kid science, science experiments, science experiments for kids, science for kids, science news for kids, science projects, Solar Power | Category: Physics, Technology, Video, What's That | Leave a comment

Do you think you can stop water from falling from a glass held upside down with only a porous net used to hold potatoes in a grocery store? Yes friends, it is possible to stop water from falling from a glass just by using a plastic screen -if you’re utilizing the property of surface tension.

August 29th, 2008 | Tags: easy science experiments, Fun Science, kid science, science experiments, science experiments for kids, science for kids, science news for kids, science projects | Category: Chemistry, Experiments, Physics | Comments Off

ZOT!  Experiment time!
We use electricity to power our lamps. How about generating your own electricity to power the lamp? Electrical charge ise transferred from one body to another while rubbing the two bodies. This can be seen when bits of paper are lifted in the air by a comb rubbed onto dry hair.
Electrons are relatively [...]

August 24th, 2008 | Tags: Conduct Electricity, Fun Science, Static Electricity | Category: Experiments, Physics | Comments (2)

Mentos and Coke are both popular with kids. Have you ever have tried a combination of the two? According to many of the videos on YouTube that demonstrate a Mentos and Diet Coke fountain, most are still not aware of the science that goes behind this phenomenon. When mint or fruit Mentos are dropped into [...]

August 22nd, 2008 | Category: Ask a Question, Chemistry, Physics | Leave a comment

The elements comprise virtually everything in the universe, from the largest galaxy to the smallest microorganism. If you break down each individual part, cell, or compound, you will end up with an element in its atomic form.

August 18th, 2008 | Tags: elements | Category: Chemistry, Physics | Leave a comment

Glowing obviously
Plasma or hot gas?
“Eat at Joe’s”

August 13th, 2008 | Tags: easy science experiments, Fun Science, kid science, science experiments, science experiments for kids, science for kids, science news for kids, science projects | Category: Chemistry, Physics, What's That | Leave a comment

Here it comes!
We just got our first batch of science based games back to share with everyone.
We’ll be adding a new one or two every month so it won’t be long until we have many, many, many.
Check it out!  http://superfunscience.com/science-games/

August 12th, 2008 | Tags: Chemistry Games, Education, Physics Games, Science Games | Category: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Games, Physics, Site News | Leave a comment

Here’s some interesting articles we found on the internet this week:
http://www.livescience.com/environment/080724-black-smokers.html
What’s hundreds of feet underwater, is hotter than boiling water and in the arctic circle? A field of underwater “black smokers.” Some of these deep-water volcanic vents are teeming with strange life like crabs that eat bacteria that eat sulfur and shrimp that [...]

August 12th, 2008 | Tags: arctic, bacteria, black smokers, crab, crabs, deep-water, earth, environment, Humpback, leviathan, livescience, ocean, shrimp, sulfur, underwater, vents, Video, volcano, Whale | Category: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Life Science, Physics | Leave a comment

Here’s some cool stuff we found on the internet this week:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dolphins-Identify-Themselves-with-Names-23078.shtml
Dolphins have names for each other and themselves. Scientists are just beginning to understand the language that dolphins speak to each other. The discovery that they have names is really cool!
http://www.thediscussed.com/workers-uncovering-mummified-dinosaur/243
We know about paleontologists digging up fossilized bones of dinosaurs but this lucky [...]

August 5th, 2008 | Tags: ancient, animal, bones, dinosaur, Dolphins, fossil, language, mummy, paleontologists, Scientists, skin, Video | Category: Biology, Chemistry, Life Science, Physics | Leave a comment

Playing around with light was never this much fun before we discovered the marvel of the bending pencil. There are numerous phenomena associated with light that have fascinated mankind throughout history. This fascination can be traced back to the principle of formation of shadows, which has been used by the ancient cavemen to keep a [...]

July 23rd, 2008 | Tags: Bending, experiment, light, Pencil, photoelectric, Reflection, Refraction, shadow | Category: Physics | Leave a comment