Science-y drawing?

[wesleysgirl]

I need an image that I can reproduce simply, by hand, that says "science" to fairly young (ages 5-10) children. Anyone have any ideas?

Comments

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

A hydrogen molecule?

http://www.rise.org.au/info/Res/hydrogen/index.html

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

A lightbulb? A planet with rings?

[elliotpp.livejournal.com]

test tube or beaker?

[reginagiraffe]

One of these?

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

An astronaut standing on the moon?

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

Another vote for test tube and/or beaker.

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

My take on this is that there's a huge different between 5 and 10 (kindergarten to grade 4-5).

What the older ones would understand, from being exposed to school, TV, the 'net, would be far different from the littl'uns who may be watching Sesame Street (or whatever there is on TV these days).

So I'm thinking about science as transformative:

What about showing a kettle with steam emerging from the spout next to a glass of water next to an ice cube. The lesson from this is that the substance is the same, but the result is changed by the application of heat or cold. You could also mark the items with their respective temperatures (0 and 100 and whatever you'd want the glass to be). Hee - I just created a science lesson!

Just my idea, of course.
H.

[dawnie1970.livejournal.com]

planets?