We already love our local libraries but even more so during Summer Reading Club time. A couple of years ago the kids were picking out their weekly prize and one of them chose a grow a duck! Add in a small digital scale and viola you have a great Science experiment for preschool and elementary age students.
First you will need to find a clear container that will house the grow a duck. Next you will need to place it in the container covered with water. Then you will need to weigh your duck each day for a week.
On the first day we weighed our grow a duck it weighed
On the 2nd day we weighed our grow a duck it weighed
On the 3rd day we weighed our grow a duck it weighed
On the 8th day we weighed our grow a duck it weighed
We have a few other “Grow a” things like a horse,insect, heart, dino, and guy. Each one always delights the child who “owns” the item to check each day to see how big the item has gotten. We bought the scale on Amazon and also found some of the Grow a items on there as well.
Tools that I used for this activity:
Grow a duck, insect, dino or frog
More measuring activities:
W is for Whale {Measuring Activities} from Preschool Powol Packets
Watermelon Seed Spitting Measurement from Schooling a Monkey
Measuring Distance with Water Guns from Teach me Mommy
Measuring and Estimating with Ribbons from Mum in the Madhouse
Just How Big Were the Dinosaurs? from Bambini Travel
Measuring Toys from Play & Learn Every Day
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Oh this is such a fun activity. Learning through play really is the best