Native American Scavenger Hunt
Native American Scavenger hunt: Blueberries are a Native fruit! Finding Native things at home How many things can you find around your house that Native American people had before 1500 [...]
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What is Kongming’s Light? – Ancient China project
Kongming's Light, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon Hot air rises Scientists in China were early leaders in the investigation of hot air and how you could use [...]
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How to make a compass – China Activities
Early Chinese compass (reconstruction) - a compass project Who invented the compass? Chinese scientists invented the first compasses, around the 200s AD, near the end of the Han Dynasty. Science in [...]
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How to make an abacus – Ancient China project
Chinese abacus project, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland, Oregon Who invented the abacus? People in China started to use an abacus to help them with math problems maybe [...]
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Predicting earthquakes in ancient China
Chinese seismograph (132 AD)(thanks to National Geographic) Earthquakes are a big problem in China, where there are many earthquakes, and often strong ones. Under the Han Dynasty, a man called [...]
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Science in ancient and medieval China
Chinese science: a double-action piston box bellows (China) What are some Chinese inventions? Chinese scientists started inventing a lot of new things around 500 BC, during the Warring States period. [...]
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Who made the first hot air balloon? Ancient China
Kongming's Light, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon Kites came first People in China started to fly kites made of silk and bamboo by about 800 BC. Maybe flying [...]
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Recording Earthquakes – ancient China project
Can you use things around your house or the hardware store to design your own seismograph to record earthquakes? Try building it to see if it would work. A good design should [...]
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Water and sewage in ancient China
Han Dynasty model of an outhouse (ca. 100 AD) People in China, like other people around the world, used human poop to fertilize their fields and grow more food. In [...]
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Math and Numbers in Ancient China
Chinese numbers: number rods Chinese numbers People in China were using written numbers by about 1500 BC, in the Shang Dynasty. This is about two thousand years later than people began [...]
