4th Grade

7 Ideas for Teaching Mixtures (Including Solutions)

Do you teach upper elementary? Teaching your students about mixtures, including solutions? You’ll love this list with 7 of my FAVORITE teaching tools. Let’s start

5 Ideas for Teaching States of Matter

When I first started teaching about states of matter, I neglected to emphasize the role of shape and volume in classifying physical state. This is

5 BEST Ideas to Teach Animal Adaptations and Plant Adaptations

Looking for ideas and resources for animal and plant adaptations? Here are 5 fabulous ideas!

10 Fun and Engaging Ideas to Teach Science Vocabulary

Do the science vocabulary words just seem to not “stick” with some of your students? This is common and can be addressed with a few

Science Notebook Picture Rubric

I use a rubric with my students for their science notebooks. However, words and checklists are not always enough. My modeling of proper notebook care

Big Money Words: Your Most Important Science Vocabulary Word Wall

Big Money Word$ are words like reasonable, differentiate, process, analyze, and interpret. They are words students need to know as they head toward middle school

Teach It: 5 Ideas for Fossils and Past Environments

Let’s take a look at fossils and past environments! Fossils are fascinating phenomena that lead students to excitement about the discovery of our Earth’s past.

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