Clover Kids Agenda
AMAZING WATER
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES:
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DISSOLVING IN WATER (10-15 minutes)
CLEANING WATER (10-15 minutes)
RECYCLING WATER (20+ minutes)
OIL AND WATER POLLUTION (15-20 minutes)
WATER GAMES:
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CATEGORIES
DUCK, DUCK, SPLASH
WATER LIMBO
WATER VAULTING
BALLOON TOSS
SPONGE RELAY
DODGE THE SPONGE
CRAFT/CREATIVE ACTIVITIES:
 MARBLING
SNACKS:
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POPSCICLES
FRUITPOPS
DISSOLVING IN WATER
What you need:
5 clear jars
spoon
5 gummed labels
cold water
cup
powder
paint
sugar
salt
sand
flour
What you do:
Write the names of the substances you are going to add to the water on the labels. Stick a
label on to each container. Put 2 cups full of cold water in each container. In each case, the
children should guess what they think will happen first, then do the experiment.
Put 2 spoonfuls of sugar in the container.
Guess: what will happen to the sugar if you leave it?
Guess: what will happen to the sugar if you stir it?
What has happened to the sugar? Give the sugar and water a good stir.
Which disappeared in the water? The substances that disappeared in the water, where are
they now?
CLEANING WATER
http://www.e4s.org.uk/frame_2.htm
What you need:
Cup
Spoon
2 beakers or clear containers
Funnel
Coffee Filters
Bucket of water
Soil
What you do:
Fill the cup from the bucket of water. Pour the water into a beaker. Put a spoonful of soil into
the beaker of water. Stir the water well. Look at the water and describe what it looks like.
Put the filter paper in the funnel. Hold the funnel over a clean beaker. Carefully pour the
dirty water into the funnel. Guess what will happen next. Look at the bottom beaker. What
does the water look like in the beaker? What does the coffee filter look like? What has
happened to the dirty water?
Find other materials and other methods to filter dirty water. Which system worked best. Try to
explain why some materials make better filters than others. You can try plain paper, cloth,
etc.
Do you think water can be cleaned? How clean do you think it is? Where does our dirty water
go to?
How is water made dirty in your home? Where does the dirty water go from
your home? What happens to all the dirty water?
RECYCLING WATER
http://www.e4s.org.uk/frame_2.htm
What you need:
Beakers or clear glasses
Gravel
Scissors
Sand
Filter paper
Stones
Soil and water mixture
Cotton wool
2 clear containers
Plastic bottle
What you do:
Cut the bottom off the bottle. Push cotton into the neck of the bottle. Pour the dirty water (as
in the above experiment) into the bottle. What happens? What does the water in the beaker
look like? Save that water and label the beaker. Next add stones until they reach ¼ up the
bottle. Pour dirty water again. Watch the water as it comes down the bottle. What happens?
Compare the first water with this new water. Does it look different? Which looks cleaner?
Why? Then add gravel until the bottle is half full. Do the water test again. Compare. Add
sand to nearly fill the bottle. Again repeat the test and finally put the filter paper on top of the
sand. Where does our drinking water come from? What happens to the rain as it filters
through the ground? How does it get clean and come to us?
OIL AND WATER INVESTIGATE POLLUTION
http://www.e4s.org.uk/frame_2.htm
What you need:
Stop watch
Liquid Dish Detergent
Clear container with lid
Vegetable Oil
What you do:
Half fill the container with water. Add some oil to the container of water. Look closely at what
happens to the water and oil. What does it look like? Put the lid on the container tightly.
Guess what will happen if you shake the container.
Shake the container and put it down. What did the water/oil look like while you were shaking
it? What happened after you stopped shaking it? Leave the container for at least 15
minutes. What does the container look like now? Add some detergent some to the water
and oil in the container. What happened? Predict what will happen if you shake the
container. Put the lid on firmly and shake. What happened this time? Is there anything
different? If so, what do you notice? What does the detergent do to the oil and water? Why
do you think we use detergent to help us wash dishes? Do we use detergent for anything
else?
WATER GAMES
CATEGORIES
What you need:
Sponges
Water
What you do:
One person is IT. IT decides on a category of any kind. (It can be kinds of cereal, cars,
flowers, colors, things by the pool, sports, NFL teams -- ANYTHING!!) All the other players
are gathered on one side of the area and quietly decide which thing in the category they will
be and tell each other. Then IT begins to call out things s/he thinks of in the category. If
ITcalls a player's thing the player must run to the other side of the area IT tags the player with
a wet sponge. If IT tags the player, then he/she becomes IT’s helper and also gets a sponge
to try to catch more people.
DUCK, DUCK, SPLASH
What you need:
Sponge
Water
What you do:
This game has the same rules as Duck, Duck Goose except you say "Duck, Duck Splash"
and when you "splash" someone, you wring out a wet sponge over their head.
WATER LIMBO
What you need:
Garden hose (with sprayer –optional)
Water source
What you do:
Get a garden hose and turn it on full. Put your thumb over the left or right half of the opening
to create one jet of water (or use the sprayer). Now you limbo (walk under the stream of
water) under the water stream. Each time the group walks under the water you lower it.
WATER VAULTING
What you need:
Garden hose
Water source
What you do:
Making a water jet as mentioned above start low with everyone forming a line and one by one
jumping over the water jet. Then raise it higher each time as the group clears the jet.
BALLOON TOSS
What you need:
Plenty of water balloons filled
What you do:
Fill up water balloons. Have one balloon for every two persons. Form into teams and form
two lines facing each other a few feet apart. Partners will throw water balloons to each other
to catch. After each toss step back by one foot. This game also works great with wet
sponges.
SPONGE RELAY
What you need:
Sponges
Water
What you do:
Two teams face a relay race or obstacle course together. Balance a wet sponge on your
head and run to and back from a goal. If you drop the sponge you must return to the front of
your line and start over again.
DODGE THE SPONGE
What you need:
Large Sponge
Water
What you do:
Instead of using a dodge ball use a large sponge. Have players in a circle with one or more
people being in the middle. You should have as many sponges as people in the middle. The
object is to throw the wet sponge at the person. If he/she gets hit then the person who threw
the sponge can name someone outside the circle to go to the middle.
WATER BALLOON FIGHT
What you need:
Water balloons filled
What you do:
Fill up water balloons and have a fun fight. Choose safety zones. Choose to either have
balloons thrown or if they need to be held and popped by a person's hands (a little harder this
way). You can also play this with wet sponges.
FILL THE CUP Relay
What you need:
Measuring cups
Buckets (2 per team)
Water
What you do:
This is a fun relay race. Give each team a measuring cup. They must race and fill a cup or
bucket up with water. The first team to do so wins! You can also do a variation of this using
buckets and fill a small pool.
COLD TOES
What you need:
Ice Cubes
Water
Wading Pool
What you do:
Using a child's wading pool throw some large ice cubes in and have a relay with teams as to
who can take the most ice cubes out using only their feet in a designated time period.
OVER-UNDER
What you need:
Paper cups with a small poked in the bottom
Buckets (2 per team)
Water
What you do:
Line up each team between 2
buckets. The first person fills a cup with water from the first bucket and passes it UNDER
(between) his/her legs to the second person who passes it OVER his/her head. This pattern
continues until the last person gets the cup. That person runs to the other bucket and dumps
the water in. The goal is the fill the bucket first.
MARBLING
http://www.pitara.com/activities/craft/82.htm
What you need:
Handmade paper
Oil paints
A flat tray with raised edges
What you do:
Fill the tray with water and add a few drops of oil paint. If you want a multi-color effect add
drops of different colors. Take a sheet of handmade paper and dip it into the water
completely. Take it out immediately and hand it on a clothes line until completely dry.
You will see a marble-like print on the paper, in all the brilliant colors that you put into the
water. Try different combinations of colors.
Handmade paper is preferred to other types of paper because it absorbs the color
well. However, you can try it out on different papers to see what happens.
POPSCICLES
What you need:
Juice (or kool-aid)
Popscicle sticks
Paper Cups
What you do:
Pour the drink into the paper cup, add the popscicle stick and freeze! Easy!
FRUIT POPS
What you need:
1 quart fruit juice
1 mashed banana
½ cup yogurt
Craft sticks
Paper cups
What you do:
Mix the ingredients together thoroughly and freeze in paper cups with Craft sticks.