Bite-Sized Science Activities for Children in 15 Minutes or Less

Here's a fun way to get young minds discovering the wonders of the natural world by making predictions, testing them, and then evaluating the resultslearning the scientific method. These short, bite-sized, deliciously fun activities like "Sounds of Chewing," "Clinks in the Kitchen," "Tangy Tongue," and "Shoe Show" take only 15 minutes to organize, do, and clean up. Many of the activities involve food, so children will learn and get a snack at the same time.

John H. Falk is the director of the Institute for Learning Innovation. Kristi Rosenberg is a senior associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation. They are two of the authors of Bubble Monster and Other Science Fun.