Welcome To May Science Adventures!

Dear Teachers and Families,

Welcome to May Science Adventures a month filled with flight, light, weather, color, and hands‑on discovery!

May is the perfect time to celebrate science in motion. In this packet, students will:

• Design and test paper airplanes

• Build and launch model rockets

• Explore rainbows and the science of light

• Observe clouds and predict weather patterns

• Create chromatography flowers while learning about color separation

Each activity is built using the 5E instructional model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) to strengthen curiosity, critical thinking, and engineering design skills.

This packet is more than a set of activities; it is an invitation for students to:

• Ask questions like scientists.

• Test ideas like engineers.

• Observe like meteorologists.

• Think creatively like inventors.

Throughout the packet, students will collect data, improve designs, and reflect on what they discover, just like real scientists and engineers do.

Science is everywhere:

• In the way a paper airplane glides.

• In the push of a rocket lifting off.

• In the bending of light that creates a rainbow.

• In the clouds that signal tomorrow’s weather.

• Even in the hidden colors inside a simple marker.

When students investigate everyday phenomena, they begin to see the world differently with curiosity, confidence, and wonder.

Rudo Kashiri

Curious Minds Explorers Publishing

EXPLORE SCIENCE FUN ALL YEAR LONG

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Environmental & Nature Science

Welcome to our June STEM adventure, Sun Science: Exploring Light, Heat, Motion & Color.

This month, we’re exploring one powerful idea:

The Sun is the source of energy for life on Earth.

Every day, the Sun sends light and energy across space to our planet. We feel its warmth on our skin, watch our shadows stretch across the ground, and spot rainbows after a storm. But how often do we pause to ask:

·       What kind of light comes from the Sun?

·       How does sunlight turn into heat?

·       Why do shadows change during the day?

·       How does white sunlight create a rainbow of colors?

In this packet, students investigate the Sun through four hands-on experiences:

• UV Bead Investigation – Discover invisible ultraviolet light.

• Solar Cooker Engineering Challenge – Harness the Sun’s heat energy.

• Shadow Tracking Investigation – Observe Earth’s rotation through changing shadows.

•  Rainbow Through Bubbles – Reveal the hidden colors inside sunlight.