Students select science, mathematics and technology related activity kits to take home, to further add to their learning process, by involving their parents or an adult who is in the home. Parents work with their students on the kits for as period of two weeks. Then the kit is returned to school. Student journals are kept to permit students to write about their science experiments and the books they read at home. There is a literacy connection, as trade books accompany the kits home which will foster a love of reading on the part of the students.
Parents read the books to their children.
The books are related to the science kits. To integrate the use and development of science inquiry and process skills 2. To incorporate the use of hands-on activities at school and at home 3. To enlist the help of parents and family members to assist their children 4. This project is new and different because it provides a learning link for the student.