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Science Everywhere!

No matter where you are learning, science is in everything you do, from cooking in the kitchen to observing nature outside to playing sports! While students are learning from home…Burpee Museum has exciting ways to bring science to life! Enjoy these free resources for teachers, homeschool classes, or fun family enrichment.

The standard alignment listed below aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI), Cross Cutting Concepts. and Science and Engineering Practices. Standard alignment is also indicated for the Social Studies C3 Framework. Additional reading for information standards from Common Core (CCSS RI) can be linked to suggested texts.

If you enjoyed these experiments, check out our homeschool/enrichment class and consider donating to help us bring science to everyone in our community! These free resources are brought to you thanks to the Guy B Reno Family Foundation, Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation, Gloyd Foundation, David Anderson Foundation, Jeffery Anderson Foundation, Kristin Anderson Foundation, Jeffery Anderson Foundation, Tracy Anderson Foundation, John Anderson Foundation, and the Dean Alan Olson Foundation.

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KITCHEN SCIENCE VIDEOS

Cooking with Chemistry:

Using supplies you may already have in the kitchen, learn and TASTE some amazing chemistry and earth science, and apply science and engineering to your taste buds. From making slime to homemade cheese….from watching gluten development to heating and compressing your way through the rock cycle, these activities and videos will get you learning at home and in the kitchen! Click on the activities below to get handouts and more resources!

Gluten Development

Starburst Rock Cycle

Edible Slime

Make Your Own Cheese!

EARLY HUMANS

Humans throughout time:

Learning about our ancestors from long ago gives a deeper perspective on survival. From early human writing forms to early human tools, you can try your hand at the ways of our early ancestors. Click on the activities below to get handouts and more resources!

North American Tools

Cuniform

Old Stone Tools

Ice Age Mammoth

SOCIAL STUDIES

Around the WORLD with Burpee:

Cultures around the world offer the opportunity to learn about the diversity of humans on the planet. From the Maasai communities of East Africa to Chinese traditions, you can learn more about the amazing inhabitants of Earth! Click on the activities below to get handouts and more resources!

Native American Pottery

Mandarin Writing

Maasai Jewelry

Tom Tom

EARTH SCIENCE

Rocks and Minerals:

Just like a cake is made of multiple ingredients, a rock is made of ingredients, too: MINERALS! From our Earth’s rocks to the forces that shape them, you can dig deeper into the story of our planet just by examining the Earth below your feet! Click on the activities below to get handouts and more resources!