Science help!

[bass chick]

I have just started formally homeschooling with a school board this year. My son is 6 and would be going into grade 1.
I also have a 4-year old son who is big into mixing stuff together to see what happens. The other day I found him in the bathroom with a sink full of water and soap and lotion dumped out all over the place. He wanted to see what happened when he mixed lotion, soap and water. He told me he thought it was interesting that the soap disappears in the water and the lotion doesn't. He has also used up all the baking soda and vinegar in the house. lol.
I don't have any science planned for this year other than we are going to capture a caterpillar in the spring and watch it turn into a butterfly.
I'm looking for a cirriculum of science experiments that would be interesting to both my sons that go beyond the "ice melts faster by the fireplace than in the fridge" type thing but that won't be over their heads and will fullfill the requirements of grade 1 science?
Any suggestions?

[CariOfOz]

I'm a big fan of the Real Science Odyssey by Pandia press The life sicence & the earth/space one are both suitable for 1st graders. I'm using the earth & space with my '3rd and 1st' graders (8 & 6yo) and they enjoy it a lot

[JessicaS]

We are also using REAL Science odyssey

It is pretty experiement heavy.

You might also consider this one

http://www.eequalsmcq.com/

He sends monthly lab notes

[bass chick]

Thanks! These look great!

[Daffodil103]

Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding by Dr Nebel is good as well. It's a bit time-consuming initially but very comprehensive & flexible. It's targeted at K-2 so you may be able to use it with both kids then transition to Mr Q. We are currently using Mr Q & totally love it but your kids may get more out of it when they are a bit older. YMMV.

[Storm Bride]

It's not a curriculum, and may not be quite as advanced as you're looking for, but I like:

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Second...pr_product_top

[Breathless Wonder]

Have you checked out Robert Krampf?
http://thehappyscientist.com/

He also has an Experiment of the Week Newsletter:
http://krampf.com/mailman/listinfo/e...eek_krampf.com

Full disclosure: I am an Usborne Books Representative. These links are NOT to my eCommerce site.
My younger son is VERY into experiments, and has enjoyed these books:

100 Science Experiments
http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/us...?lvl=1&id=2568

Big Book of Science Things to Make and Do
http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/us...?lvl=1&id=2393

And there are a few other Usborne books/kits, such as the magnet kit, that we have used as well.

We've also done things such as make slime:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemis...limerecipe.htm

And we've made paint out of dry milk, and eggs... Directions can be found online.

I need to ask a friend where we found some of the experiments we've done for Science Day...

[treemom2]

My original plan with my almost 6 year old and my 9 year old was to just wing it when it came to science. . .kind of follow their lead. Then I realized they both love science so I decided to find a curriculum to help us along. I went with Real Science. It hasn't arrived yet, but I'm really excited to get started

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by treemom2

My original plan with my almost 6 year old and my 9 year old was to just wing it when it came to science. . .kind of follow their lead. Then I realized they both love science so I decided to find a curriculum to help us along. I went with Real Science. It hasn't arrived yet, but I'm really excited to get started

I had a similar experience.

Dh and I both have strong science backgrounds, I did intend to just work with her and thought we would have fun. My dd is doing really well at science so we chose to use a curriculum instead. We are still planning some crazy stuff but more structured.