Essential Oils are truly a gift from the earth. Therefore, there are many ways you can incorporate Essential Oils, their origins, their properties, and their uses into SCIENCE discussions and experiments.
Here are a couple of ideas to get you started introducing Essential Oils and their place in the study of science to your students:
• Oil chemistry.
• Oil density.
• Nutrition.
• Senses, especially olfaction.
• Benefits of plants.
• What it means to promote sustainability.
The Science for Kids Blog has several experiment ideas, videos, and worksheets to help you plan Essential Oil-related lessons.
Check it out: https://www.doterra.com/US/en/blog/science-for-kids
One favorite is the density experiment/video, which compares what happens when you put drops of Lemon, Wintergreen, and Cinnamon into a glass of water. Lemon, being less dense than water, floats. Wintergreen, being denser than water, sinks. What does Cinnamon do? Something wild that you have to see for yourself!
QUESTION – DO YOU TEACH SCIENCE LESSONS IN YOUR CLASSROOM?