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Rapid Changes to Earth’s Surface: Teaching about Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Landslides
Earth’s surface can be changed slowly or rapidly. Weathering, erosion, and deposition occur slowly over time. Rapid changes, on the other hand, change Earth’s surface
5 Ideas To Teach Students About Earth’s Rotation & Day and Night
While in our solar system unit, we discussed how Earth would revolve and rotate around the sun. I would often try to explain how the
4 Tips for Teaching Weather and Climate
Weather is a phenomenon that we encounter every day. From the clothes we wear to special events, we must be weather aware! In the 5th
3 Top Tips for Teaching Refraction of Light
The 5th grade science TEKS ask students to differentiate between the reflection and refraction of light. Before addressing the differences between reflection and refraction, there
7 Ideas for Renewable and Nonrenewable Natural Resources
Let’s take a look at renewable and nonrenewable resources as well as how we use certain properties of natural resources to make products. Skip ahead
5 Ideas for Fossil Fuels
Throughout grade school and college, I never actually learned about fossil fuels. When I saw that was part of the 5th grade curriculum, I knew
Beyond Sink or Float: 10 Ideas for Teaching Relative Density
Relative density can be an amazing unit for students K-6… we just need to add some hands-on investigations to take “sink or float” to the
PHENOMENAL Food Webs: Teaching the 5th grade NGSS food webs standard with a focus on keystone species
Teaching with phenomena is a key element of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). In 5th grade, students need to use models to show that
The 3 BEST Phenomena for Teaching the Spheres of Earth
When it comes to teaching your students about the spheres of Earth, it’s all about the interactions between spheres (biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere). This
Changing States of Matter: Evaporation, Condensation, Freezing, and Melting
When you’re new to teaching, you sometimes miss opportunities that you later discover. When I was teaching 5th graders about evaporation, freezing, condensation, and melting,
