7 Ideas to Teach Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Teaching about weathering, erosion, and deposition? This post is packed with ideas for teaching your students about slow changes to Earth’s surface. Have fun learning
Color and Rainbow Science for Kindergarten and First Grade: St. Patrick’s Day
In this post, I’m sharing two activities you can do with your young students from Science Day: 32 Investigations for K/1. Rainbow Day! Mix up some
Step on it! A life-sized food web
This is a fun idea to add to your unit on ecosystems. Make a life-sized version of an ocean food web for students to work their way
Picture Book Science Lesson: Manfish
This is the fifth post in my new blog series, Picture Book Science Lessons. Each post contains a favorite picture book for teaching science concepts and
Shadow Science for Kindergarten and First Grade: Groundhog Day
Will the groundhog see his shadow? Will there be 6 more weeks of winter? Groundhog Day brings up a great topic for young learners: shadows!
Picture Book Science: Bugs and Bugsicles
This is the fourth post in my new blog series, Picture Book Science Lessons. Each post contains a favorite picture book for teaching science concepts and
Captivating Science: Nature Walks
I try to take a lot of walks around my neighborhood. On every walk, there is example after example of science concepts we teach in
5 ideas for teaching about the Sun, Earth, and Moon System
5 Ideas for Comparing and Contrasting the Sun, Earth, and Moon
Ice Cream Science
Hi guys– sometimes I see an activity so cool that I bug my friends to send me pics and write a post for me. Luckily,
Scientific Method: Easy Contests to Teach Students About Fair Tests
In my experience, many elementary students struggle to grasp the idea of controlled variables (constants) and why they are important for fair tests. What have
Science Thinking Maps
Thinking Maps® are visual representations for different thought processes. They’ve been around for decades, but are a BIG deal in some districts right now, so I
Starting Out with Sentence Stems
When I first began my journey as a 5th-grade teacher, I held a misconception about students’ abilities in writing. I thought they could easily articulate
