Collective resources to study the Periodic Table of the Elements. Supplemental material to support the Classical Conversations homeschool curriculum.
Learning can be so fun with these Science Printables! They are brightly colored, interactive, and easy to use. Perfect for little learners!
Claritas Classical Academy: An Incredible Find I want to share with you how I found out about a small group of parents from Pennsylvania who were a complete answer to my prayers. Not just a quiet answer, but a knock you off your feet answer to prayer. You see, I was in need of finding Grammar […]
This simple mass science experiment for kids is a fun hands-on way to teach kids about the law of conservation of mass and about chemical reactions.
Classifying Living Things Learn this song by Friday! Games Cladograms 3.D.i 3.D.iii How would you find your favorite fresh...
In this acid and base experiment, we will test the pH level of household items, such as vinegar, shower cleaner, spaghetti sauce, hydrogen peroxide, and more.
Conduct this simple Sharpie solubility experiment ideal for teaching students the processes scientists use and the steps to the scientific method. Easy to do in any classroom and ideal for 2nd and 3rd grade students.
Hi teacher friends, Are your elementary students studying Earth Science this year? I’ve always dreaded trying to hunt down lab supplies and equipment for science activities, but during the last few years I’ve been able to come up with little-to-no prep activities to teach Earth Science! These hands-on activities allow students to experiment and learn
Science – Cycle 3 – Claritas Classical Academy Memory Work “In a dream I saw a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper.” DMITRI MENDELEEV, 1834 TO 1907 Chemist Dmitri Mendeleev – Biography, Facts and Pictures
Easy science activity - build a water cycle project with LEGOs®! Preschool, elementary & middle school kids will love this 3D science model idea for environmental education.
In the early morning hours, the Great Fire of London breaks out in the house of King Charles II’s baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. It soon spread to Thames Street, where warehouses filled with combustibles and a strong easterly wind transformed the blaze into an inferno. When the Great Fire finally was extinguished […]
Explore the 5 senses for kids with fun, engaging five senses activities like edible skin layers, dissecting a cow eye, mystery bag, and more!
Resources for Cycle 1 Science topics including art and history integration. Classical Conversations homeschool curriculum compatible.
Learning about the five different parts of the rock cycle with this fun Starburst Science Experiment.
Fireworks in a Jar is a wonderful elementary science experiment for kids.
This post contains affiliate links. I was compensated for my work in writing this post. My kids tested Charles's Gas Law with a fun experiment involving a
Science, Week 15, Cycle 3, Claritas Classical Academy This post is written for kids. Kids science:Elements
Your kids will love these free resources for studying gravity in your homeschool science. #homeschoolgiveaways #gravity #gravityresources
This moon phase board was fairly easy to make. After making a run to the Dollar Tree and rummaging through our science storeroom to collect the needed supplies to make this, it was pretty inexpensive and so worth every penny! Essentially, this Moon Phase board allows students to visualize and better understand the cause of moon phases and comprehend the 2 different views that are often given on a diagram (view from space and view from the Earth). Up to this point, I've done a Lunar Lollipop Investigation, which I thought was great, but this beats it by a long shot! A large majority of my students don't really understand why the lit part of the moon doesn't face the sun on part of the view as seen from Earth on every moon phase diagram (see below). Even though I give many different examples and explanations, I still see a puzzled look on several of the students' faces. I really think this method will clear it up for even those puzzled kiddos. From this angle (see below), students can quickly see that the lit part of the moon is always the side of the ball that is facing the sun. Pretty uneventful, but definitely clarifies this view. But as students take the Moon Board and place their head through the hole, they are immediately taken to the view from Earth (their head being Earth or it could be explained that we LOOK out from Earth and see the moon as it revolves around the Earth). In order to give you a clearer idea of what the students will see, I placed my camera in the hole and continually rotated the board around counterclockwise (direction of the moon's revolution around the Earth). Here, you can see the new moon. Followed by the waxing crescent. The first quarter. Then waxing gibbous. Full moon Waning gibbous Third/Last quarter (oopsy....this ball got a little tilted when I glued it down) And finally, waning crescent. I have chosen to leave each phase unlabeled for my 8th graders. I provide each group with 8 Post-It Notes and have them write each moon phase name on a Post-it. They simply stick the Post-It in the correct location and call me over to check it. I am thinking about making one Moon Board with labels for my SpEd and ELL students until they get more comfortable with the names. To make your own, you will need the following supplies: Black foam board (got mine at Dollar Tree for $1) Box cutter Circular shaped object to cut around (I just turned my office trashcan upside down and started cutting!) 8 ball shaped objects to represent moon (ideas: ping pong balls [use black sharpie], Styrofoam balls (paint with black acrylic paint and sponge brush, wooden balls, etc....) Hot glue gun 1 ball to represent the Sun (larger than moon ball) This is optional; you could always just write "Sun" on one side of the board with a paint pen, but I think the added visual is great! Since I didn't have these made when I taught moon phases earlier in the year, I am going to use them when we begin to review for the state assessment. I can't wait to hear the oohs and aahs and FINALLY see the looks of confusion go away. For more great lessons, labs, and activities that related to moon phases, check out these products in my Teachers Pay Teachers store: Space Science for Interactive Notebooks Moon Phases and Seasons Task Cards Daily Science Starters for Middle School - Earth and Space Predicting the Sequence of Events in the Lunar Cycle Activity That's a Fact, Jack! Fact or Fiction Science Sorting: Motions of Earth and Moon Day/Night, Seasons, Moon Phases, & Tides Review Circuit Predicting Moon Phases Color-by-Number 8th Grade Science STAAR Review- Reporting Category 3 (Earth & Space) Moon Phases Reciprocal Learning Activity
This science sensory bottles experiment provides your child the chance to explore the concept of density a few mystery materials.
Simple Egg Experiment for exploring density with kids using this floating egg experiment for kids of all ages. Learn why do eggs float in saltwater!
This free animal and plant cell worksheet, has children coloring in cell parts, cut and pasting them in the right cell, and finally comparing the cells.
Hands on STEM learning for early elementary. Atoms and states of matter activities and resources.
Orange Volcanoes - A Fun Science Experiment for Kids Using Simple Ingredients With fall just around the corner, we've been busy creating all sorts of fun fall themed activities. Today we're sharing our orange volcanoes (they're
STEM education has been a buzzword in education circles. If we believe that science is important we need to start by engaging kids.
Explore these mass & weight science projects to expand your knowledge and apply it to everyday life. PROJECTS + LESSONS
This fun and simple science experiment is perfect for teaching the scientific method in a way that kids love! Find out how in this post.
Discover the difference between comets and asteroids in this stellar earth and space science worksheet!
If you are working in the grammar stage of the classical model with your kids, then you are familiar with the "Oh man, do we have to do that again?" response to recitation/memorization! So here are some creative ways to make recitation and memorization fun and engaging for them and YOU! Below is my Top 20! These are some of my tried and true methods I've used at home and as a Tutor that are guaranteed to be fun, silly and engaging for your kids or students - so give some a try! Bear in mind that some of these will work for younger kids verses older kids and some ideas work for the classroom setting verses home - you decide! Top 20 Silly Balls! This is my number one requested prop - bar none - across all ages and classes! Kids ask for these without fail weekly! Here's how I use them: Reach in your container and grab a random silly ball from your pile and throw it to a student, asking them to recite the memory work you are working on, while they squish, squeeze and pull. They recite it and then throw it back to you. Repeat until all the kids have had a turn reciting and squishing, squeezing and playing! Voice Changers! Pick up some voice changing microphones. I have a bull horn one that switches to different voices and an elf voice microphone. Kids love to hear their voice in silly sounding voices. Let them recite and pass it around as they do to take turns. Ball in Cup! You know those cups on a stick with a ball attached to them? Well, now you have a good use for them! Have the kids recite while trying to get the ball into the cup. That was Easy Button! Grab some Staples "That was easy" buttons or any button saying something silly. I have ones that say "whatever" and "you're awesome". Have the child recite the information and then you hold out the button for them to hit it and hear "That was easy!". Hot and Cold! Send a person out of the room and hide the piece of memory work (either written on an index card or a flash card etc.). When they return have the remaining children who know where it's hidden, all recite the information, singing or saying it louder as the child gets closer to the hidden object and softer as they get further away. Once the card is found then send another student out and hide it again and repeat. Silly Cubes! Using cardstock paper for the cube page, print this out and cut it and fold the cube, gluing it to stay in place. Then you can cut out the faces and headings to glue on each cube side. There is one for each side. Once everything is glued and in place, use clear packaging tape to give it a sturdy kid proof finish. Then you can have the kids roll it like a dice and do whatever action or voice it says - they like the pictures/animals a lot. There are other cubes like this out in cyberspace if you just google. Girl Band/Boy Band! Using echo microphones have two teams form. They become two bands. Have the bands come up and sing their memory work in their best song. Works well for the CC History songs. Headbandz! Use those headbands from the game Headbandz and put flash cards in them (works well for timeline). Have the kids put themselves in order (works well for a CC type class) or have them guess which flash card they have based on asking questions (works good at home when you have more time). History Walk! Want your kids to remember some key events in history? Great! Then do a history walk. Print out rebus' for them or flashcards of the information about history you want them to remember and then have them walk from print out to print out around the room reciting the information as they go. You can even scatter them around the room and have them figure out which one they need to go to in which timeline order and recite them. Hat Heads! Using dress up hats such as chinese cooley hat, cowboy hat, sombrero, fancy tea hat, army hat, king hat, clown hat etc. whatever you have. The kids pick a hat and say their memory work in that accent or voice. Stair Fall! Have them start at the top of the stairs and then as they recite the asked information correctly they get to move down the steps. First one to make it to the bottom wins a prize or has a treat waiting for them when they finally arrive! Healthy marshmallows is our favorite treat! Emotional Wreck! Have each child come up with some sort of emotion to recite their memory work while acting that emotion out, go around the room as they take turns acting and reciting for one another. Emotions like crying, laughing, being angry, happy, hysterical (I let them even do valley girl although it's not an "emotion" -it's popular with the girls) - you get the idea - whatever they want to do. Also works well at home to be really silly as a family. Leader Change! The kids form a line and pick a starting point, then the leader picks an action to do as they begin to walk around the room (hop, skip, leap, walk backwards, sideways, crawl etc.) doing that action and recite. When they get to the starting point again, the leader runs to the back and the next person in line picks a new action and leads them around the room as they recite. They keep switching until everyone has had a turn to lead. Hide and Seek Facts! Hide parts of a sentence or groupings of information, individually, around the room. Have them seek for the parts to make the whole and put them together in correct order. Rockettes! Kids line up and put arms around one another's shoulders or waists, to form a cancan line. They then recite while dancing alternating their kicks coordinating them together. Girls like this and it gets very silly! Shout out! Form two teams. Each team takes turns saying the memory work. The first side starts with a whisper and the second side says it a little louder. They keep ramping up the volume as they go back and forth and the speed until they are shouting loudly! Decide which team was loudest and switch people around to try again. What kid doesn't like an excuse to be loud? LOL Walk Don't Run! As they walk briskly around the room (but they can't run), have them recite their information calling out voice volume commands (loud, soft, whisper, louder etc.) they must continue to briskly walk. Anyone who doesn't change voice volume, stops singing/reciting as they walk or breaks into a run - has to sing/say it solo in front of everyone or do push ups (or whatever you want to make the silly consequence)! Make Up Your Own Motions! You don't need an official hand motion for any memory work you have and it doesn't even have to be restricted to your hands. I find that the ones we have made up ourselves are the most memorable and stick the best because the kids make up things that are intuitive to them. I will often read the list and then go through them one at a time and have them throw out ideas for what they think of. If they get stumped, I give an idea. Kids agree on what is best and then move forward with the next piece of information. For example my daughter made up the motions for remembering a pint and she said it sounded like "punt" so to remember it she used the motion of kicking a punt in football - whatever works! Hop Scotch! Using blue tape, tape out a hopscotch board. Have the kids take turnings hopping through while reciting their memory work. Strike-A-Pose! Using your iPad's photo-booth app - have each child recite a piece of memory work and then you take a picture of them using one of the photobooth selections (this app makes pictures very silly by stretching, twirling, squeezing, x-ray, light tunnel, twirling and other picture warping features). Don't let them see it. Keep going one by one and taking a picture as they each recite - choosing different ways to warp the picture for each child. Then when they've all recited, do a silly faces slide show of all of them. They find this very, very funny! Some of the favorite Review Games I've used that are popular: Memory Mogul! It's a favorite and you can download with directions on how to play it from my website for FREE. In essence it's played with memory work and $ and a bunch of funny cards that the kids read out loud in response to their correct or in-correct answers. The cards say silly things and give directions to either take or give money to other players or the bank. You can get everything right and still loose - so it evens the playing field when players of different levels compete. Duck Duck Goose! Have the kids sit in a circle and one child begins by walking around the outside reciting the memory work. When they get to the last word then the person they touch gets up and chases them to try and tag them before they make it to their seat first. Then the game continues with that person and so on. Shamrock Showdown! Great for younger kids - teaches place value while doing memory work. This is what I use to play the game HERE. The way I use it is to have the kids break into two teams and then ask a question of one team, they draw a number from the coins (put them in a jar or something they can't see the number they are drawing). Once they draw a number as a team they decide where to place it on the board. The next team goes and does the same after they answer correctly. They too decide where to put the number on the board. The team to get the highest number wins that round. We keep score and the team that has the most points from rounds won is the winner of the game. Kids actually like this a lot in the younger ages (6-9 years) and it helps teach place value at the ams time. Human Tic-Tac Toe! Three rows of three chairs each. Two teams and have them compete with one another to place people on the board to get three in a row. Team player who answers must be the one to sit if correct. If incorrect the opposing team can steal and then pick whomever they want from their team to sit (usually the weakest link). Red Rover, Red Rover! Great game for outside on a nice day! Two teams, holding hands creating a human "chain". A question is asked or piece of memorization requested and when the team gets a correct answer they get to call a person from the other team of their choice to come over. That person runs and tries to break through the human "chain". If they are "captured" they remain on the team. Don't Wake Daddy! Using the game Don't Wake Daddy HERE. Have the kids say their memory work and each correct turn they get to push the button one time. They take turns and keep going until someone pushes it and the Daddy wakes up. That person is out of the game and it continues until each person has gone - last one to survive wins. Crocodile Dentist! HERE. I divide the class into two teams and each team goes back and forth answering a review question, one person on the team at a time. If that person gets it right for their team then they can push down a tooth - if the crocodile doesn't slam shut they get to keep the point. If the crocodile closes his mouth then he "ate" their team's point and none is given. If the person on the team can't answer the question, then the other team can steal. Play resumes after point awarded to steeling team -if correct and the crocodile doesn't eat it! CC Tutor Tip: I look at all these things above as "frameworks" that I can put any memory work on. It makes preparing each week to teach much easier because I know what my "frameworks" are and I just move around the order and subjects they are used for and bring in and out different ones each semester. Sometimes I even let the kids decide which prop we will use by giving them a few choices of what I have in my box (which they really like to do). I also use more basics like chanting, singing, erasing the board progressively and other non-prop dependent methods to get through the 30 minute segment in time. However, adding some of the above ideas for say three or four out of the 7 areas we cover, throws some fun into the mix for the kids and keeps them fully engaged. I hope these help make some Tutors, Moms and kids out there - enjoy the Grammar Stage even more!
These coloring pages are excellent resources to supplement Classical Science Memory work. Unlike most science coloring pages these worksheets are creative and inviting to the eye. Perfect for all ages, you might want to turn on an audio book and color right along with your kiddos. Every week has a coloring page or two! 30 pages in all covering ANATOMY, CHEMISTRY & ORIGINS. NOTE: Origins (in respect of Classical Conversations Copyright I have fill in the blank coloring pages here on Etsy. However you can find the complete coloring page version on CC Connected search Science & user Amy.Snider) Print, color and ENJOY! This is a digital item for INSTANT download! Please use for personal and classroom use only. Do not share digital files or sell. HOW IT WORKS........................................................................... You will receive a high resolution PDF file with all the pages in one easy to print document. Print once & enjoy all year. Purchase, wait for the email from Etsy, download, print and start coloring! DETAILS........................................................................................ 30 unique 8.5x11 pdf files The coloring pages were created from a passion my daughter and I share. We love science and coloring together. She would ask... "what does that mean, explain, can I color it?" We love them, my community loves them, I hope you love them too! ENJOY! Amy (and Mackenzie) By purchasing and downloading this item, you agree to abide by the terms of the below copyright. All images, designs, and listing text © 2019 Amy Snider Design. All designs are the property of Amy Snider Design and are for personal use. Please do not distribute these files or the printed documents for commercial use or share with a third party. You do not have permission to take portions of this artwork and add to other creations and distribute or sell. Thank you for honoring these Copyright rules as I have spent hundreds of hours on these designs.
Looking for a fun science experiment to do with kids? Try this acid and base experiment to test household solutions and decided if they are acidic or basic!
