An excellent elementary school Science Curriculum with superb accompanying books and materials which you can find their website linked here--

• Small Science aims to encourage children’s natural tendencies of curiosity and observation. The activities and exercises in the book build on these to help children learn about the world around them.
• The curriculum is entirely hands-on. The activities are not optional but form an integral part of the chapters.read more
  

The next time you are planning an out-of-town excursion school with your students, do consider a trip to this amazing hands-on exploratory space for young children where they experience "science" through the joy of making things. This center, housed within IUCAA (Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astro-Physics) in Pune, is where Arvind Gupta and others delight children on a regular basis, with hand-made toys from everyday things that bring the principles of Science and Maths alive. read more

This 4-page article by Yasmin Jayathirtha has 4 wonderful ideas of how to bring home the understanding that we use chemical compounds in things around us - from acids and bases in flowers, fruits and vegetables, to chemicals in soap and toothpaste, and how chemicals and mixtures play a role in developing photographs and fire-crackers. Experiments that can be easily done with students of standard 7 and 8, are described. read more

I had the privilege of watching Mr. Arvind Gupta in action at Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, where he has been invited to share his ideas on "tinkering" and toy-making with everyday stuff with the children of Std. 06 for about a week. The children are enjoying their time with him immensely. That they are beginning to see science in action in toys made from everyday stuff, is of course, an icing on the proverbial cake.

I have uploaded a couple of the videos on youtube.com. read more

I had the privilege of watching Mr. Arvind Gupta in action at Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, where he has been invited to share his ideas on "tinkering" and toy-making with the children of Std. 06 for about a week. The children are enjoying their time with him immensely - building air and water pumps out of empty toothpaste tubes, straws and empty film roll cannisters, motors out of batteries, magnets and copper wire, sound-makers out of straw, and what not. read more