Does it ever feel like the last 3 minutes of class can be the craziest? You get students all settled down where they’re learning and following directions with no problems and the second you mention the words “line up” they turn into a herd of cats. Line up time doesn’t […]

Test your geography knowledge with these blank maps of various countries and continents. Print them for free to use again and again.

Watch the magic of of oil and water painting—where art and science meet! This process art explores matter & mixtures, creating frame-worthy masterpieces.

Nothing takes the pressure off your defenders more than a good kicked clearance from the goalkeeper. It doesn’t matter what age your goalkeeper is, if they get the technique right, then the distance will follow. Use this football goalkeeping drill to coach the skills.

We had a "sweet" time in science today with our big idea on the properties of matter and exploration of reversible and irreversible change. After talking about all the things that represent reversible change, and all the things that represent irreversible change, I decided to surprise the students with a sweet science treat. REVERSIBLE CHANGE... First, I brought out a container filled with Skittles and we made our observations. We noticed that the Skittles were arranged and layered by color. We talked about the pattern of colors in the mason jar. After finishing our observations, I picked up the mason jar, flashed the class my best evil smile, and gave the jar a really good shake... GASP! All that hard work of separating two big bags of Skittles by color, and then carefully layering them in the mason jar for today's science was gone! Now, we had a hot mess of Skittles without any color pattern whatsoever. I asked the students if this was reversible or irreversible change. The answer was unanimous... REVERSIBLE CHANGE! The students explained to me that I could pour the Skittles out, separate them by color (again), and then layer them in the mason jar. They were absolutely correct! IRREVERSIBLE CHANGE... Next, I took a few of the Skittles and dropped them into a glass of water. We observed what happened to the Skittles over the next several minutes. The colors from the Skittles were beginning to spread out into the water, and the Skittles were turning white as the colors dissolved away from them. Once again, I asked the students if this was reversible or irreversible change... and once again, the answer was unanimous... IRREVERSIBLE CHANGE! The students explained to me that I could not remove the colors from the water, put the colors back on the Skittles, and then make the Skittles and water like they were before I dropped the Skittles into the glass of water. Spot on! I couldn't be prouder of my second grade scientists. Of course, once we were done with our exploration of reversible and irreversible change, we got to enjoy our sweet science treat... the Skittles.

I am thrilled to have *finally* completed my matter unit. No, no...not because I had to completely remake the unit...twice {long story}, but...

Here’s a free printable poster I made to explain autism to children. Teachers and parents, you can download it here and print it for school or home use (no commercial uses allowed). I am not an expert in the matter; I had a […]

The first half year I taught, I did not smile. I did not suffer excuses. I frequently wrote students up. Granted, I walked into a unique situation. I've

This one takes a little prep work the first time 'round. But after that, you're set forever. It's a great way to include a little kinesthetic activity into the study of DNA. First, the prep work: On a long strip of paper* write out a string of DNA bases (actually, you're making the mRNA). You want to make sure your letters are evenly spaced - I actually marked the paper. Keep a codon chart handy - make sure you begin with a start codon and don't come to a stop codon immediately. And, don't make the mistake of using T instead of U, as someone did... Now you need to make a ribosome through which your strip of paper can fit. I made mine out of fun foam. It has magnets on the back, so it sticks to the white board. Cut the window in the ribosome, so that you can see 3 bases at a time (hence the reason for evenly spacing your letters). Use this picture to guide you: Now you need to make the amino acids. Once again I used fun foam. I wrote the amino acid on the foam, punched holes in it and strung string through the holes so the students could wear them. For the activity: Draw a huge circle on the board - a cell. Sketch in a nucleus and stick your ribosome in the middle as well. Show your students the mRNA (your paper strip) moving from the nucleus to the ribosome. Feed the mRNA into the ribosome. Have your students translate the first 3 mRNA bases into an amino acid. Have a student put the appropriate amino acid placard on and stand in front of the room. Move the mRNA to the next three bases. Determine the amino acid. Have another student put on the appropriate placard, then stand next to the first student and hold his/her hand. Proceed this way until you come to a stop codon, or until you've made your point. Your students will have a better feel for how a ribosome translates mRNA, how proteins are formed, and understand that proteins are long chains of amino acids. * I got a few sentence strips from an elementary teacher in my building - they're the perfect size and shape for this, I didn't have to cut them, and they have lines marked on them! ****** I learned this from a fellow teacher at a NJ Science Teachers Association Convention several years ago. I don't know who that teacher is - but if you're out there, please let me know - I'd like to give you credit.

This resource includes three quizzes, a unit test, and two study guides with answer keys to help you prepare and assess your students for a unit on Matter including physical and chemical properties and changes in matter, states of matter, and phase changes. This is what is included: Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes in Matter QUIZ (10 questions) Density Study Guide and Answer Key Density QUIZ (19 questions) States of Matter QUIZ (16 questions) Matter Unit Study Guide and Answer Key Matter Unit Test (25 questions) Suggestions for the Assessments: The assessments are provided as Google Forms. These are completely editable! You can add, delete, and modify questions and answer choices to meet your students’ needs. To assign these assessments, simply make a new Assignment in your Google Classroom and attach the Google Form. You are able to change the Settings of each Form if you’d like the questions to appear in a random order for the students (to reduce the ease of cheating!), or if you’d like to lock the students’ computers while they are taking the assessment. All answers are already set in the Google Forms and all points add up to 100%. You can edit the point values or change answer choices if you need to! If you’d like to deliver these assessments as hard copies, you can simply print the Google Form using the Print function. I also suggest making an additional copy of the Unit Test Google Form and giving it as a Pre-Assessment at the beginning of your unit. This will show you and your students all of their growth once they take complete the unit and take the post-test! Suggestions for Using the Study Guides: My study guides are in a specific format that I’ve found very helpful to tap into students’ metacognition! The study guide is in an editable Google Doc format so you can add, delete, and change questions or make alternate versions for different populations of students. To assign the study guide, make an Assignment in your Google Classroom and attach the study guide Doc. Be sure to select Make a Copy for Each Student from the dropdown menu. Directions for using the study guides with your students are included! These assessments are also included in the Matter Unit and the full Physical Science curriculum. Thanks for looking! Sunrise Science

We did a Science Observation Sheet for bubbles this week. We used the properties chart to help us.

Zacchaeus Come Down (Coloring Page) Coloring pages are a great way to end a Sunday School lesson. They can serve as a great take home activity. Or sometimes you just need to fill in those last five…

I've been working on a chimp sculpture for the last week or so, with no real progress to show for it. Right now I'm waiting for UPS to deliver some more

Sort the ice cream by size and place them in the small, medium or large bucket in this sorting printable worksheet.

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Late last year, we tried our hand at painting with Q-Tips for the first time and ever since, the preschooler has been hooked. It doesn't matter if we're

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Place a plate of candy or beads in the center of the room. Each team of students has a nest (a paper cup or plate). Each team also has a...

Explore different materials and their properties with this engaging unit. Activities and printables for the Foundation and Prep Year chemistry strand.