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Hands-On Science in Your Mouth!

Mouth and Tongue

Mouth Experiments -Eeew! Free e-book of experiments and fun facts about our sense of taste, from Homeschool Freebie of the Day. Available through the weekend.

The Milk Taste Test -Teach your preschooler that different kinds of milk tastes different with this easy and fun preschool science experiment, from Preschool Rock.

Lifesavers Experiment -Simple experiment to demonstrate relationship between taste and smell. An Exploratorium Science Snack.

Apple Pie without Apples -trick your senses, make a chemical apple pie.

Does a mint make your mouth cold? -kitchen science experiment.

Taste of Outer Space -a neat experiment that illustrates why it is harder to drink in outer space, from Easy Fun School.

Facts and News

Your Tongue -all about the tongue; talking, mixing food, swallowing, tasting, and germ fighting; from Kids Health.

Girls have superior sense of taste to boys -results of Danish study.

New Bacterial Species Found In Human Mouth -ScienceDaily, Aug. 11, 2008

Happy tasting,

Denese

Fun Science: Bubbles

Let’s blow some bubbles!

Bubble Activities and Lessons

Incredible Bubbles -mini-e-book of bubble experiments and activities from Homeschool Freebie of the Day, available today only.

Bubble Stationery -make homemade stationery and envelopes with soap bubbles.

Bubble Mill -make a homemade bubble mill; harness the power of the wind for maximum bubble blowing efficiency.

Bubbles in the Wind -science lesson for grades K-4.

Bubble, Bubble Oh How They Bubble! -learn scientific method, graphing using bubbles; science lesson for grades 4-6.

Bubbles: Science or Fun? -science lesson for middle grades.

The Life of a Soap Bubble -high school lesson plan.

Bubble Geometry -experiment with bubbles; make wands in different shapes.

Bubble Sites

The Bubblesphere -all about bubbles including several recipes, history, references, games and much more.

Soap Bubbles -the science of soap bubbles, from Exploratorium.

Bubble Town -more bubble fun; recipes, games, how to blow big bubbles and free poster.

The Art and Science of Bubbles -bubble art, telescope, “Bubblearium”, games, recipes and more.

Frozen Bubbles

I’m Forever Freezing Bubbles -activity for cold weather.

Make Frozen Bubbles -chemistry experiment with dry ice, adult supervision required.

Dry Ice Crystal Ball Bubble -make a giant bubble using dry ice, adult supervision required.

AntiBubbles

AntiBubbles -all about antibubbles.

Making Antibubbles -a simple science project.

Bubble Photography

Just Bubbles -beautiful bubble photography.

Bubble Frenzy -a beautiful picture, very creative.

Bubble Art Photography -Created by Fan Yang, check out the rest of the site for more bubble fun and science.

FreezeBubbles -beautiful photographs of frozen bubbles.

Bubbles Trapped in Ice -picture of air bubbles in ice, O’Dell Lake, Cascade Mountains, Oregon

Have fun!

Denese