Learn about the weather and why it rains with this fun rainbow experiment for kids !
In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.
This fun experiment will show you how clouds make rain. Summer cloud science is a great science project for kids! They won't even think they are learning.
Learn about weather and the water cycle with this easy rain cloud in a jar activity. Find out what makes it rain and the science behind it.
To make beautiful geodes in your own kitchen you need more patience and time than anything else! Here is the basic recipe to start you off in the world of beautiful geodes.
Science was the last subject area I taught during our day in the classroom. After a morning of literacy, lunch, recess and math, it was finally time to teach some science lesson plans. Honestly, I was usually exhausted by the time science rolled around. Overwhelmed with Science Setting out a ton of materials and making
Check out Week 1 of our Around the World Crafts for Kids. We are sharing fun kids crafts from Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India and China this week.
It's a beautiful flower bed—and a reservoir for yard and roof runoff
Learn everything about "Growing Roses" in 30 Amazing and Educative diagrams.
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This awesome, upcycled twist on the classic terrarium DIY is a miniature rainforest in a bottle!
Learn how to make it rain! This fun activity takes only 3 steps and will be a great lesson for your little meteorologists.
Barb Rosen (Our Fairfield Home & Garden) and I met today at Longwood Gardens…for lunch and a stroll in the rain. We have been Following each other on Pinterest for a little over a year no…
Here's some photos from a project any Science teachers (and Art!) out there might find interesting. We have a very creative Science tea...
Right now I’m in the process of creating a series of STEM projects for students who are studying Ancient Civilizations.. Next stop, Ancient India! 🙂 During the summertime in Ancient India (and still to this day), a monsoon would come every year, raining buckets and buckets of water. In Eastern India, a second monsoon would
[Japanese Idioms by Flashcards] 雨が降ろう と槍が降ろうと This expression reflects the firm determination Japanese are expected to have toward achieving their goal. Once the objective is set, after extensive deliberation and consideration, “come hell or high water,” the project will be brought to a successful conclusion. Sample text: (Style: written informal) Sankagetsu mo moe kara yotei …
Science was the last subject area I taught during our day in the classroom. After a morning of literacy, lunch, recess and math, it was finally time to teach some science lesson plans. Honestly, I was usually exhausted by the time science rolled around. Overwhelmed with Science Setting out a ton of materials and making
Those of you following my current electroculture adventure will already know how I installed a [paramagnetic tower & m... by samstonehill
Torrential monsoon rains have brought Manila the Philippine capital to a standstill, submerging some areas in waist-deep floodwaters and making streets impassable to vehicles while thousands of people across coastal and mountainous northern regions fled to emergency shelters.
Let’s Learn About the Water Cycle! 3 Simple Water Cycle Experiments & a Craftivity Here are 3 of my favorite water cycle experiments as well as a craftivity. These science experiments are simple to set up and use common household items. The water cycle wheel craftivity gives students a visual representation of the stages of […]
The Rain Harvest Home by Javier Sanchez of JSa architects and Robert Hutchison of Robert Hutchison Architecture in Mexico combines style and sustainability
Let’s Learn About the Water Cycle! 3 Simple Water Cycle Experiments & a Craftivity Here are 3 of my favorite water cycle experiments as well as a craftivity. These science experiments are simple to set up and use common household items. The water cycle wheel craftivity gives students a visual representation of the stages of […]
"April showers bring May flowers!" This is a fairly realistic saying here in the States. During the first part of spring it rains and storms quite frequently which helps to bring all the pretty flowers to life. Rain and storms go hand in hand with clouds. What are clouds? Clouds are made of tiny (smaller than you can see) water droplets. When they all come together they make a cloud. When these clouds become big they get heavy. The water begins to fall out of the cloud and that is what we call rain! Clouds don't always make rain, though. Sometimes they are just fun to look at! They can make all kinds of shapes. CIRCLE TIME: Talk about clouds! Ask some questions to see what they know and think about clouds. 1. Do you think you could walk on clouds? 2. How do you think they get there? 3. Are there different kinds of clouds? 4. What colors of clouds have you seen? Talk about their answers. For a fun display, draw a large fluffy cloud on paper that you can put up on the wall in your Circle Time area. Write some of their answers on the cloud. Also print out some different pictures of clouds and post them on the cloud you drew. You can visit the NOAA http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/forkids.php wesite for some interesting pictures and coloring pages. LETTER: U u for Umbrella When it rains we will use an Umbrella to keep us dry. U for Umbrella coloring page READING: We will begin our phonetic reading this week! I feel that the easiest and most efficient way for preschool kids to begin the reading process is to sound out the letters that make up words. We have been working all year on the sounds letters make, singing the ABC song, coloring worksheets, and so forth. Now it is time to use all that knowledge to try to read some small words. It is helpful to spend around 5-10 minutes per day on reading. Yup! That's all you need. Too much and they will lose interest. So it is important to integrate a reading activity into each day and only for a few minutes. Begin this week with "A". It is a word, after all. Find some sentences in their favorite books which have "a" in them. Read the sentences aloud and pause at the "a". Ask them "What word is that?" Each time you get to an "a" in the story, pause and let them "read" it themselves! Great start that will make them feel very proud. There are a couple of FREE websites that I will refer you to for all our reading lessons. Generally I will provide 1 or 2 reading activities each week and then supplement with these great activities on the sites. On starfall.com we will use the reading games. BEGIN HERE! This week we will work on "an" and "at". On readingbear.org we will use their "sounding out" techniques. Begin this week with the "short a" sounds. BEGIN HERE By incorporating the letter a into many different reading activities, it will help young children begin to understand the concept of reading. STORY Drippy The Raindrop Read this story from First-School.com before doing the science activity! It will help to explain exactly what happens to water from the river to the cloud and back. (the story isn't complete, but it tells enough of it to work. there is an option to purchase the rest of the story if you wish) http://www.drippytheraindrop.com/DrippysWorldTrialStories/ToMountainsAndBack/Entry.htm SCIENCE: Making our own Clouds Materials Needed: Cotton Balls Flat pans or flat containers Water Put about a half inch of water in the pan(s). Give each child a cotton ball. Explain that this will act as their cloud. How does the cloud feel? Light and soft? Talk about how water will "evaporate" or become tiny droplets and will rise up into the sky. Ask them to place their cotton over the water. Can you see the water traveling up into their cotton? How does the cloud feel now? Heavy? As they lift the cotton ball up from the water some "rain" will begin to drip from the clouds. This is exactly how a cloud acts when it is full of water! The water comes back down as rain and ends up in lakes, streams and the ocean (represented by the pan of water). Once their cloud in empty of water, the process can begin again. MATH Cloud Number Toss Print numbers 1 - 12 inside an egg carton. Have the kids toss a cotton ball (or craft poms) at the carton and say the number they land on out loud. Then count out that many cotton balls. Umbrella Grid Game Print out the umbrella grid from Prekinders.com. Make sure you have clear glass beads (like for fish tanks) and a numbered dice. You can make your own dice by purchasing a wooden block in whatever size you choose from a hobby store. Simply print the numbers on each side with a marker. http://www.prekinders.com/gridgames/umbrella10.pdf The kids will roll the dice one by one and place a bead on each umbrella for the number they rolled. This is great for number recognition, counting, and taking turns. CLOUD ACTIVITY Cloud Watching Cloud Watching Window Print the window on heavy cardstock. You will need craft popsicle sticks or paint stirrers as well. Cut the center of the paper out so that you can see through it. Glue or tape the stick to the bottom and backside of the paper so you can hold it up and look through it easily. On a nice day with clouds in the sky, take the windows outside to use to look at the different kinds of clouds. It is not really important what each type of cloud is called, it is just fun to try to match up the clouds in the sky with the clouds on the window! You can also begin to find funny shapes that clouds can make. Maybe you can find a bunny, a flower, or even your Mom! CRAFT Fluffy Cloud Materials Needed: White Construction Paper Several Colors of Blue Tissue Paper, cut in squares Glue Freehand a fluffy cloud onto the paper. Provide tissue paper squares and glue for the kids to use to make their cloud. Cut them out and tape them to windows for a cool effect! STORY Sweet story about a little cloud who changes into all kinds of shapes before joining up with another cloud to make rain. MUSIC Black Clouds Black clouds gather in the sky Soon its going to storm Lightning, thunder, run inside And we'll be safe and warm! COOKING Cloud Cookies Ingredients: Graham Crackers Vanilla Frosting Mini Marshmallows Allow the children to paint their crackers with some frosting and then stick marshmallows to them. Simple as that!
This compound word clipart set contains 36 high-quality images: 18 color and 18 black and white. It includes the following pictures: cup, cake, cupcake, light, house, lighthouse, lip, stick, lipstick, mail, box, mailbox, rain, bow, rainbow, star, fish, starfish The images will have high resolution, so you can enlarge them for your teaching materials. They are in .png format, so you can easily layer them in your projects. GRAMMAR BUNDLE #1 Multiple Meaning Words 1 Multiple Meaning Words 2 Antonyms 1 Antonyms 2 Homophones 1 Homophones 2 GRAMMAR BUNDLE #2 Verbs 1 Verbs 2 Compound Words 1 Compound Words 2 Prepositions of Place Prepositions of Movement *** People can easily lift clip art or edit your work and re-sell it. Please make sure you secure your file with Adobe Acrobat Pro or flatten your work with PowerPoint. *** All free and paid graphics from Tiny Teaching Shack may be used for personal and commercial use; however, you must credit me back with the logo image included in the file. Thank you! Thank you for visiting my store!
Children can learn about the weather with this rain cloud science experiment. Easy to conduct and fun for kids, you can use a jar or a glass from home.
Swale Design http://wrightings.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Perma-Turramurra_100501_29.jpg Permaculture Swales In Permaculture, a swale is a method used to harvest rain water. They are long shallow trenches that run along the contour of the land. This means that swales are perfectly level. Swales do not direct water flow, but they collect water. The soil removed from the swale is piled on the downhill side to make a slightly raised bank or berm. When rain falls, the water runs along the surface of the topsoil, and it will collect in the depression of a swale. The water will slowly seep into the soil and collect in underground pockets that will supply the roots of plants through weeks and even months without rain. Illustration showing the water storage of a swale - from Gaia's Garden http://breathmastery.com/mexico3_files/image012.jpg If rainfall is heavy or fast enough, the water will also slowly seep into, through, and maybe overflow the berm. Since the swale and berm are level, the water gently slips over the edge, and no erosion takes place. The water then travels downhill to the next swale. Plants are planted in the downhill berm. The roots keep the berm in place, and the water provides moisture to the plants. Water loving plants can be placed further into the depression of the swale, and plants that require less water can be placed further downhill of the berm. As time goes on, rain and wind will continue to push and carry silt and other debris into the swale which will slowly build up a compost-like rich soil. This will only continue to benefit the plants near the swale. Swale design by Bill Mollison http://climatelab.org/@api/deki/files/531/=tree_swale.jpg Swales can be very large or very small. They can cover large fields or small yards. The key to making swales is keeping the swale level. There are many techniques for doing this. Two handmade leveling devices are an A-frame Level and a Bunyip (water level) which were both used by the Egyptians. If you have the ability, you can also use a laser level or other surveyor's tools. The ancient A-frame Level. Here is a link to a PDF that shows how to use an A-frame Level. http://www.permaculture.org.au/images/quail_springs_course6.jpg A great video on making a Bunyip (water level) Using the Bunyip (water level). When the reading is the same on both sides, then the base of one stick is on contour (is level to) the other stick. Mark a line with chalk or paint or string from one stick to the other, and you have marked the contour of the land. http://reap-eastafrica.org/blogs.info/reap/pdf/AFrame.pdf The distance between swales is really determined by rainfall. Swales should be closer together in areas with high rainfall. According to Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden, they should be spaced 18 feet in areas with 40-50 inches of rain, and 50 feet in areas with 15 inches of rain. The following images are of a larger swale system being built. As you can see, the contour of the land typically creates a curved pattern across the land, NOT straight lines. Rarely are there any straight lines in nature. Larger swales following the contour of the land http://permaculture.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/R0012727.jpg Water harvesting in the swale http://www.kawpermaculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/middle-swale-3-ed-2.jpg Here is a smaller swale system being established in a display garden: http://www.permaculture.org.au/images/swales_sydney.jpg The planted swale system at a display garden. Note that the depression of the swale in this photo has been packed with straw. This allows a more formal appearance to a yard (instead of standing water) while still retaining the water harvesting and storage capabilities. http://wrightings.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Perma-Turramurra_100501_29.jpg In even smaller settings, you can create a Fish-Scale Swale. Note that this swale will be filled with straw mulch and then covered with a thin layer of topsoil. No one but the designer and the plant know the swale is there. Perfect for those who don't want a yard with "ripples" yet still want the benefit of the swale systems. http://www.remuddling.com/g2/d/2489-4/IMG_3732.JPG If you live in any area that does not receive regular rainfall and has weeks to months where no rain waters your plants, then I strongly suggest looking into Permaculture Swales.
Have a look at the many speech and language goals you can target in speech therapy using Big Rain Coming by Katrina Germein and Bronwyn Bancroft. #childrensbooks #picturebooks #speechtherapy #weatherbooks #bigraincoming
Teach kids about plants and how they thrive with this super fun science experiment !
This poster illustrates 26 ways to live a more sustainable lifestyle - from composting to buying organic to using a rain barrel! All illustrations were originally painted in gouache. This listing is for one 11x14" print *or* one 16x20" poster (sizes can be selected from the drop-down menu). Both sizes are digitally-printed in Portland, Maine. The 11x14" print is made on satin card stock and ships flat in a 100% recycled mailer. The 16x20" poster is made on satin paper and ships securely in a 100% recycled shipping tube. © Hannah Rosengren 2018. Purchase of print does not transfer any rights to reproduce or duplicate image. *Please note that for copyright reasons, I am unable to offer/sell digital files of any of my illustrations. Thank you for your understanding.
Rain sticks are well loved by babies and older children. They are also particularly good for people living with dementia. They remind people of the sound of gently falling rain, which is harmonious and relaxing.
Do you know how to make crystals? It’s actually quite easy to do and children love observing the scientific changes over time. You only need a few commonly found household ingredients. I remember when I was in junior school we learnt how to make crystals. The set up so easy and it was the topic […]
Science was the last subject area I taught during our day in the classroom. After a morning of literacy, lunch, recess and math, it was finally time to teach some science lesson plans. Honestly, I was usually exhausted by the time science rolled around. Overwhelmed with Science Setting out a ton of materials and making
