The Gross, the Weird, and the Just Plain Strange

The Gross, the
Weird, and the
Just Plain
Strange
Catherine Brenner
Bethlehem Public Library
Observation Journals
This Observation Journal is for you to
record your thoughts and findings
about each of our weekly projects.
Use the illustration page to express your
own reactions. You can draw, create a
cartoon, write in words or any other
method of expression that works for
you.
The Gross-o-meter is to express just how
disgusting (or not) each project is. The
more dog piles you color, the more
disgusting the project.
Project Name: ___________________________
Project description: _______________________
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Gross-o-meter
Illustration:
Week 1: Vomit
 Books:
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the Yucky Book
Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers
 Project:
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Make fake vomit to use in creating a
Vomit Look and Find
 Supplies:
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Baby food, baking soda, vinegar,
canned peas and carrots, assorted
small toys
Week 2: Creepy Crawlies
 Books:
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Scary Stories: the Red Spot
Insect Evidence
 Project:
use library books to
find the most disgusting bugs
and insects possible
 Supplies:
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Library books, prizes
Week 3: Poop and Gas
 Books:
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Poop happened
Jurrassic Poop
The Gas We Pass
 Project:
Tacky dough Poop
 Supplies:
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Cheap white bread, cocoa
powder, tacky glue
 Take
home: Fart Journal
Week 4: What’s that Smell?
 Books:
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The Yucky Book
Why Feet Smell
 Game:
Sniffing Competition
 Project: Fake Snot
 Supplies: corn starch, food coloring, your choice of
items to smell (vanilla extract, oranges, coffee,
Liquid A&&, soap, cinnamon, vinegar)
Week 5: Cryptozoology
 Books:
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Tales of the Cryptids
Loch Ness Monster
Creatures of the Abyss
Monsters of Mystery
 Project:
Nessie?
 Game:
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what is really under
Monster Bingo
Week 6: ALIENS!
 Books:
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Area 51
Alienology
 Project:
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Alien Autopsy
Alien clay molds
 Supplies:
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Gelatin, Alien organs (spaghetti,
toys, assorted organ shaped
objects)
Quick drying clay, markers
QUESTIONS?
Cathy@bplkids.org