Keeping It Clean

It’s time to come clean about cleaning. We know the importance of cleanliness, but how does cleaning work? Have some good clean fun!

CONNECT:

• Learn all about the history, chemistry, and manufacturing of soaps and detergents at http://www.cleaninginstitute.org/clean_living/kids_corner.aspx
• What’s the science of soap bubbles? See the details at http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/soap.html
• Learn about composting, recycling, waste-to-energy plants, and landfills at this fun colorful site: http://www.wasteinplace.org/
• It’s one thing to clean up a spill around the house. What about an ocean? How do you clean up an oil spill? Find out on this site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills
• What is hazardous waste and how do we clean it up? http://www.tpt.org/newtons/TeacherGuide.php?id=1413

CREATE:

• Try a variety of soap crafts at http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/barsofsoapcraftsideasdecorationskids.html
• Have fun with these soap experiments using a microwave: http://www.kiwicrate.com/projects/Ivory-Soap-and-Microwave/617
• Make your own soap by following these PBS directions: http://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-for-kids/handmade-soaps/
• This website title tells it all: http://leftbraincraftbrain.com/2014/05/16/how-bubbles-work-20-things-to-do-with-them/

CARE:

• Is your house a mess? This site will help you learn how to organize your house and do various other things such as remove stains. http://www.housecleaning-tips.com/
• The Superfund Program helps clean up the environment. Many areas of the environment are contaminated with hazardous waste. Try these super activities to help clean up the land: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/index.htm
• Take good care of your body – it’s the only one you have. Here are some tips: http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=289&id=2146
• Here is how to get your dog clean: http://www.dog-obedience-training-review.com/bathing-your-dog.html

CAREER:

You can really “clean up” in a career that involves cleaning: from manufacturing to doing cleaning commercially.

https://collegegrad.com/careers/building-and-grounds-cleaning

http://www.cleaninginstitute.org/clean_living/soaps__detergents_manufacturing.aspx

Use Your Noodle!

Noodles come in many shapes and sizes, and have been found around the world found thousands of years. Use your noodle exploring about noodles.

CONNECT:

• Cavatelli?Malloreddus?  Gigli? See and read the vocabulary of noodle shapes at http://www.foodsubs.com/PastaShapes.html
• Take a virtual trip around the world looking for noodles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H_oHVm3WC0
• Want to eat a 4000 year old noodle? Read how archeologists found those ancient noodles – and the history of noodles at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1012_051012_chinese_noodles.html
• Some people call the head or brain a “noodle.” Here’s the origin of that word: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/language-use-your-noodle-old-bean/article4381047/
• Knowing how to make a bibliography takes using your “noodle” – and you can use Noodle Tools software: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/express.php

CREATE:

• Cook up a noodle dish using a recipe from http://www.delish.com/cooking/g1633/easy-noodle-recipes-kids/
• You can cook international with noodles too: http://www.parents.com/recipes/familyrecipes/dinner/international-pasta-recipes/
• You CAN play with your food with these noodle crafts: http://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid/pasta-crafts/
• Here’s food for thought: poems about food, including noodles, written by kids. Trying writing your own: http://poetryzone.woodshed.co.uk/foodcomp.htm

CARE:

• Is chicken noodle soup really a medicine? Find out the story at http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117888
• Keep healthy by playing games with swimming pool “noodles”: http://www.noodlegames.net/activities.html
• Find out how instant noodles help world hunger: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/08/16/212671438/ramen-to-the-rescue-how-instant-noodles-fight-global-hunger

CAREERS:

Lots of jobs use your noodle, and there are also jobs where you make noodles, such as a food manufacturer or chef. As a food critic, you could get paid for EATING food – and writing about it. Or you can combine food and your head as a food scientist.

http://www.delish.com/food/g2011/food-jobs/

http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag311.htm

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/chefs-and-head-cooks.htm

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Life-Physical-and-Social-Science/Agricultural-and-food-scientists.htm