Why is it that kids LOVE science so much? Is it because they like the idea of being scientists with lab coats and safety goggles? Is it because they want to conduct science experiments and make things explode? Is it because they are thrilled at the thought of discovering some groundbreaking new truth in their ... Read More about Teaching The Scientific Method Unit Using Pickles
Introduce children to photosynthesis with this fill-in-the-blanks life sciences worksheet!
What's better than science and candy?! This sugary twist on the classic Will It Melt? kids' science activity is sure to make your little scientists smile.
Learning about men and women with great focus and imagination- How to Teach Science through the Lives of Scientists
This simple buoyancy kids' science activity requires just a few common household supplies. Kids will love learning why things sink and float!
Die Depression lässt den ganzen Körper kalt wirken, Traurigkeit bloß die Arme und Beine. Wo im Körper sich welche Emotionen ausdrücken.
Lots of easy ideas for learning about materials and their properties, perfect for key stage 1 science for kids.
Some of your passions and hobbies may have been shared by great scientists like Albert Einstein and Marie Curie. The Perimeter Institute has uncovered what 10 great physicists did in their spare time.
Si los maestros de la ciencia tuvieran logos, serían como estos. VIsto en I fucking love science
Little scientists can learn about a fundamental concept of physical science with this worksheet all about density!
clock in our body, we call it biological clock or Circadian Rhythms.. 3 American scientists Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young solve theory
These sound experiments are fun and engaging! They're perfect science lessons for 1st graders and are aligned with NGSS for teaching sound.
Scientists Are Self Destructive - School Fails
Fun and engaging force and motion experiments, project ideas, demonstrations, book lists and more! Great for the classroom and home!
The cutting-edge technology called optogenetics may offer a workaround to partially restore vision even after the retina’s light-sensing rods and cones die.
This lab is one of my top sellers in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. It is easy to set up and doesn’t require a lot of materials. However, I frequently get questions about the lab so I’m hoping this blog post will be useful to those teachers out there who about to set up this ... Read more
This week, we started our new writing unit -- Looking Closely: Observing, Labeling and Listing Like Scientists. The kids love it. We have been working on looking closely at things in real life, observing things that happen in videos, and learning/writing about what we've read in books. Is it bothering you that I used "you" in 2 and "my" instead of "your" in 4? It's bothering me. We all make mistakes. Especially when we're not paying attention. :( On Monday, I showed students a video of Cheetahs playing in the snow from the Cheetah Cam at Richmond Metro Zoo. You can check it out HERE. Children observed the cheetahs closely and drew exactly what they observed. Most students labeled the picture and wrote something to teach about their subject. I like it when we all write about the same topic because then I can bind our work into a class book for the library! On Tuesday, I brought in my rock collection from when I was a little girl. When I was in first grade, my teacher had some rocks in the classroom that I was obsessed with. Because I was such a good student (or so she said), she gave me the coolest rock I thought she had ... a perfectly oval, incredibly smooth gray rock. I loved it. And it led me to collect rocks every time I saw them... actually good ones from museum shops, ones my mom and dad brought back from their travels overseas (like one from the Dead Sea and a path in Azerbaijan) and ridiculously unimportant ones I picked up on the side of the road. (Which I justified because "they were shiny.") Anyway, I brought these rocks in and passed out one to each student. The common response was "Mrs. Richardson, I like your rocks!!!!" Students got one rock each and a magnifying glass. We discussed how to draw what we saw and label interesting things we noticed. My example. If you're concerned about the spelling, please see my post on phonetic spelling. We drew, labeled and then listed some description words. After, we tried to use one of those words in a complete sentence. I meet with students who have difficulty sounding out words on their own at the reading table. For them, it's more of a shared writing exercise with me sounding out the words and them matching the sounds to their letter charts. They tell me the description words or we brainstorm some together (i.e., Is your rock hard? Is it pretty? Is it big? What color is it?) Writing Workshop isn't the only time for writing class books, though. We've done some as reading response activities in place of our Readers' Response journals. The example below was after we read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Mo Willems's Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs. I just LOVE kindergarten writing. Young children are so creative and their capacity for writing changes so drastically in a year!
A British microbiologist has concluded that food dropped on the floor is okay to eat as long as you pick it up really fast. Other researchers aren't so sure.
A block of graphite is made up of carbon atoms. Each carbon atom has a dense central nucleus made up of protons and neutrons. Protons and neutrons are made up of different combinations of quarks.
Learn how to make both a basic homopolar motor and a tiny dancing motor! Great science fair project for older kids!
Did you know that there are more vending machines in Japan than people in New Zealand? - Currently, there are about 5.52 million vending machines just in
These awesome science and art activities are a great way to teach science by using art. The science topics include the sun, space, leaves, sound, and more!
Learn what plants breathe through with this easy leaf & tree science experiment as kids get hands-on with the process of photosynthesis!
Help your students understand earth changes through this hands-on science experiment. Head to this blog post about an engaging earthquake simulation!
Hello Everyone! It is so nice to have time to put some finishing touches on a couple of units that we have coming up! Another historical figure we will study after Eleanor Roosevelt is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a nation we celebrate his life daily! Thank you Dr. King! Officially we celebrate on the third Monday of January. I have posted about our activities before, but I went through and cleaned up, and added to my unit. Here are some pics from the updated unit! If you would like the 30 page free printable unit CLICK HERE!! :) My second offering for today is a unit our curriculum team worked on this summer. We had fun integrating reading and social studies and are finding it a natural way to teach and get everything in. This next unit is about other important historical figures. It includes posters about Alexander Graham Bell, Ben Franklin, Thomas Edison, Garrett Morgan, and Richard Allen along with reading strategy practice activities. It also includes an invention home project packet for kids. The unit ended up to be over 50 pages! I am excited to include this unit in our curriculum in a few weeks!! Here are a few pics from the unit! For your free 52 page Inventors Unit CLICK HERE!! :) So glad I had time to share these endeavors! Hope you can use at least parts of either one! It is my joy to be able to share and help your journey in the classroom or homefront become a little less stressful. As always, please let me know if this is something you can use, if there are any typos or problems, and if you would like to see something else in particular on this little blog. I hear from teachers and parents from all over the world, and I am so grateful for all of you!! Joyfully! Nancy
This post includes a fun approach to introducing and teaching kids about sound. These simple science experiments for kids are perfect for home or classroom!
"Look at your hand. Can you see through it?" "Uh ... no," was the reply I got from our 10-year-old (with a hint of attitude, mind you). "What if I told you that you were going to look through a hole in your hand without us harming your hand in the least bit?" (puzzled expression) And thus our experiment began. It took barely any supplies and only a few minutes but the effect was something we were still talking about an hour later. What You Need An empty cardboard paper towel tube (or a rolled up piece of paper) Two hands Two eyes What to Do Place the tube over one eye and look down it. Bring the other hand (the one that isn't holding the tube), beside the end of the tube, palm toward your face, so it touches the tube. As you look down the tube, you'll suddenly see a hole in your palm! Don't see it? Try moving your palm forward and back, closer and further away from the tube. How It Works Your eyes see the same thing but from slightly different vantage points. In order to see dimension, your brain combines these images. With the tube in front of one eye, we are suddenly giving the brain two very different images. When it combines them, it appears that you hand suddenly has a hole through it.
Try this algae and pollution experiment with your kids when you're studying ecology. All you need is pond water, jars, and some pollutants to add to it.
What is Machine Learning, Data Science or Artificial Intelligence? is one of the most common questions which I have faced from people. Be it newcomers, recruiters or even people in leadership positions, this is a question which is puzzling everyone in its own way. For beginners it takes the form of how do I become… Read More »General Myths to avoid in Data Science and Machine Learning
A teaching resource that includes dozens of free printables and helpful website links to use in the classroom for elementary and middle school students.
For DIY magnet making experiments and magnetism science experiment kits, shop our collections of easy-to-do activities for kids at Steve Spangler Science.
