| st way of making science fun is to get everyone in | | | | finding out more. |
| your family involved. One day when it is nice weather | | | | The 4th way of making science fun is to do hands on |
| take the whole family for a hike. Along the way point | | | | experiments and science projects. For example, say |
| out different things and ask your family questions. | | | | your family wants to learn about the wind and how it |
| Then go home and research things you saw on your | | | | affects things. Get a kite and get your family out and |
| hike. Find out the science behind what your family saw | | | | fly it. Fly the kite in different kinds of winds and then do |
| along their hike. For instance if they saw red rocks or | | | | some research. This will help you and your family |
| something like that find out what causes rocks to be | | | | relates things to science that you are learning by |
| red rocks. Try to incorporate things into science that | | | | actually taking the time to do it. This is a way to make |
| you know will spark an interest in your family. | | | | science fun. |
| The 2nd way of making science fun is to show an | | | | The 5th way of making science fun is to discuss |
| interest in it. Set up a science project night to show | | | | science while doing science projects, before an outing, |
| your children you are interested in learning more about | | | | after seeing science in action, etc. If you discuss with |
| science. If your family sees that you are not interested | | | | your children what they are learning they will have |
| in science they are not going to show much interest. | | | | more fun. Discuss the outcomes of science projects |
| But if you act like you want to learn more about the | | | | that you do together. If you take the time to discuss |
| earth or the stars or whatever it is. Your family will | | | | science it will be more fun because your children will |
| have a better chance of wanting to learn more. Just | | | | be more excited about what they are learning. |
| make sure that you show interest. This will help your | | | | There are many ways to make science fun. You just |
| family be more excited about science and what it has | | | | have to get out there and find them. You know what |
| to offer. The reason your family will be more excited | | | | your family is interested in and what they have fun |
| about science is because they can relate with you | | | | doing. So incorporate science ideas into your family |
| about what they are doing in science and will know | | | | activities. Your family won’t even know that |
| that you are interested and want to hear what they | | | | you are teaching them about science because they |
| have to say. | | | | are having fun. They will just think that you planned a |
| The 3rd way of making science fun is to figure out | | | | family activity. Make sure to keep it light and fun and |
| different ways of doing something. For example say | | | | not stressful and boring. It is very important that your |
| you want to learn more about fish. Don’t just | | | | children learn as much as they can about science. |
| get on the internet or get a book. Take your family to | | | | Learning as much as they can, when it comes to |
| the aquarium and look at all of the fish then go and do | | | | science will help them in their daily lives. Science helps |
| some research and figure out why certain fish are the | | | | with problem solving and other skills that your children |
| way they are. This will help make science fun because | | | | will need. So make science as fun as you can. |
| you and your family are actually getting into it and | | | | |