My students created brochures this week to demonstrate their knowledge of the Three States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases. The pro...
This set includes 5 chevron themed scientific method posters. The posters will make a fabulous addition to any science bulletin board. The posters are easy to read and contain KG fonts. ...
I wanted a creative way to assess the Scientific Method and had the children create comic strips. I taught the steps through various exper...
This is a striking film poster designed by the fabulous artist Jerzy Flisak for the Italian comedy film "The Scientific Cardplayer" (Gra Zluden \ Lo Scopone Scientifico) directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Alberto Sordi and Silvana Mangano, two very famous actors of Italian cinema. It’s an original vintage movie poster from 1974. Polish A1 size: c. 58.5 x 83 cm For more posters and individual prices, check out my Instagram: #myvintagepostershop
Sally Northen has put together a week’s worth of fun science lesson openers all about food. She has used her fabulous Flip-It cards, but they are not essential. The cards can be used as a directed class exercise, in small groups or individually. They encourage stimulating conversation and early discovery of scientific phenomenon!
I wanted a creative way to assess the Scientific Method and had the children create comic strips. I taught the steps through various experiments. The children could use one of the experiments we did or create their own example. They love graphic novels and knew they would love this assessment. Here are a few pictures: Here is the link to the free template that I used:
Paul Sougy’s mid-Century work with Dr. Louis Thomas Jérôme Auzoux (1797-1880) text’s resulted in these fabulous scientific illustrations. Presented originally as large pull down charts for classroom walls, Sougy influenced a generation of French children. What we know of him, though, is not all that much. Dr Auzouz’s work continues to be celebrated. His 3D … Continue reading "Paul Sougy : Wonderful Illustrations On The Human Body"
Welcome to Grown Up Camp Crafts with Benzie Design + Therm O Web! We're sharing fabulous Summer Camp-style tutorials all week, along with the chance to win $25 gift cards from Benzie and Therm O Web. Find the details at the end of this Felt Insect Pinning Board tutorial designed by Benzie contributor Camille Ipsen. I've got to be honest with you... I don't love bugs. But I am completely enamored with nature and museums and scientific illustrations. When I started experimenting with Therm O Web's foil transfers, I immediately thought of shimmering wings and iridescent shells which led to a (felt) Insect Pinning Board. The rich tones of Benzie's The Cutting Table felt palette are taken to the next level with coordinating foil transfers and the possibilities are infinite! I've definitely caught the foil bug. Skill Level: Intermediate to AdvancedTime: 5 hours (with drying time) Additional Supplies: Insect Assembly Guide and Patterns (click to download)Fabric Fuse Liquid AdhesiveDeco Foil Transfer Foils - Shades of AquaDeco Foil Transfer Foils - Shades of GreenDeco Foil Transfer Foils - Shades of OrangeDeco Foil Transfer Foils - Shades of GoldDeco Foil Liquid AdhesiveFoam Core BoardRulerPrecision Knife Directions: Pinning Board 1. The pinning board is made by covering foam core board with linen fabric. Cut board into at least two 6 x 12
Visualising the Cell Nucleus Leaf growth Cell growth Cell organelles and cytoplasm visualisation Cell membrane and cell...
I love the Twitter post by one of our teachers, Mrs. Bell's Class (@KayleeBell17) on how her students used the ABCDE method to record their scientific observations. (Check out a full description and
Fascinating science and sensory fun! Kids can explore the mysterious properties of cornstarch and water with this 2-ingredient Oobleck recipe!
We've completely redone our Bible Coloring Pages on Bible Story Printables. They are all organized by chronological theme, hoping to make it easier for you to search and find just the right coloring page. You'll
My students created brochures this week to demonstrate their knowledge of the Three States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases. The pro...
Hailed the “co-founder of entomology” Maria Sibylla Merian is renowned because of her skills at close direct observation, accurate documentation, insights about insect life cycles, and …
Sweetgrass fragrance oil is a fresh, clean unisex scent with the perfect green notes. Not "perfume-y" & absolutely fabulous OOB. It's like standing in a field of grass (but not that sharp green lawn grass). This is as close to a true native sweetgrass that I've smelled. PARAFFIN WAX: Yes | SOY WAX: Yes. 7% in candles yielded normal cold & hot throw after 48 hour cure. 10% in tarts yielded normal cold & hot throw throw after 24 hours. MELT & POUR SOAP: Max usage 1.33% | CP SOAP: Max usage 1.33% VANILLA CONTENT: 0% | Flash Point > 200 F VEGAN | NON-GMO | SOY-FREE | GLUTEN-FREE | CRUELTY-FREE | ALCOHOL FREE BATH & BODY SAFE: Yes.1.33% for most rinse-off products such as shampoo, face cleansers, scrubs, etc. and leave-on products such as lotions, etc.
Click on the image to see a fabulous post about Flood Barriers!
Sally Northen has put together a week’s worth of fun science lesson openers all about food. She has used her fabulous Flip-It cards, but they are not essential. The cards can be used as a directed class exercise, in small groups or individually. They encourage stimulating conversation and early discovery of scientific phenomenon!
Athens-based shop Fabulous Cat Papers combines the beauty of embroidery and vintage scientific illustrations into one-of-a-kind notebooks. The covers
One of my new Common Core ELA Units is called "Figure it Out." It is about notable people who overcame challenges to become successful in life. We read about Helen Keller, Leonardo da Vinci, George Washington Carver and Thomas Edison. We created lap-books using an Invention Brochure that I bought on TPT from This Little Piggy Reads. The printables fit nicely on the file folder. Here are some samples of my student's work. I made a sample but allowed my students to use their own creativity. It also fits in with our electricity unit. Click for Link
Back-to-school season is here. It's time for science teachers to review the scientific method. Try something new and unique this year- comics.
There's a lot of great ideas on Pinterest...some free and some paid. I've found some great things for my classroom for FREE. Here is a couple of my favorites... Can't wait to use this resource when I teach the Scientific Method. Great Bucket Filling Packet! Scientific Method Posters Daily 5 Posters and Resources, will work with any reading workshop model though. Great Math Station Great for morning meeting, printing them out right now so I can laminate them before school tomorrow! What free items have you found on Pinterest?
Decorating your classroom at the beginning of the year (or any time) is a challenge. Let me help with these ideas! There's always so much to do at the beginning of the school year. For me, this was really brought home when I started a new job with a science lab as my classroom. An
A woodpecker skull is an extraordinary feat of engineering. Having completed diagrams of these skulls, Lizzie explores the biomechanics behind them.
Athens-based shop Fabulous Cat Papers combines the beauty of embroidery and vintage scientific illustrations into one-of-a-kind notebooks. The covers
I am starting a new weekly post called "Scientific Saturdays." I am getting myself prepared to teach Science every day for a whole period…TWICE. A lot different than squeezing it in for 15-20 minutes whenever I could. My hope is to post things that I'm actually doing with my students, but for now it will be a variety of things that I have been finding and planning. My first focus is setting up my classroom. I have many questions about what a fifth grade middle school room looks like. I don't want it to be too babyish, but I still want it to be ME. My first plan is the big bulletin board. Here are the boards that are inspiring me: I want one big science wall with things that will stay all year and some things will change. Link I hope to take pictures of the kids doing science each month and have them create the posters. My goal is to have them blog on my classroom page. Link I just love this guy and would love to have a scientist on my board. Link Link I will have these posted on my Science Wall Link Safety Tips Link Link Link Link Link
One of the standards I taught as an ELA fourth grade teacher was the roots of words. Now that I am a fifth grade math and science teacher I use roots to introduce many vocabulary words. Let's be honest...I still rely on roots to break apart academic words that I don't know or have to differentiate like geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. I purchased a unit several years ago on TPT and recently stumbled across it again on Pinterest. I was thrilled to find out that the product had been updated, and now includes more science and math roots. I love that you can download purchased products for free on TPT. This was exactly what I needed for a new bulletin board in my room. The best part was that I already owned it!!! I linked the product below. Link to TPT Here are samples of math and science roots. I just finished printing out a bunch of roots(three cards on a page) and made a title. I plan to laminate them all next. I want to introduce one math and science root each week to get started. ( I might do it by units once I get going) I will also add a root page in my science and math notebooks for the kids to write down the words we learn. I uploaded my bulletin board title. You can download it for free with the link below. Link Check out an old post Getting to the Root for ideas that I have used in the past!
These healthy lentil wraps are an easy vegan dinner that tastes amazing and will fill you up!
Hello Everyone! A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to a little science workshop. Thanks to our science instructional specialist, we learned some ways to "fit it all in." An emphasis wa
A lovely collection of vintage bird prints to download of American Songbirds, including, Blue Jays, Buntings, Goldfinches and many more.
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Vocabulary is important no matter what subject or grade level you teach! One of the things I like to do is really spark an interest in words with my kiddos! I do this through a variety of methods, but one really fun way that I do it is by turning my students into word collectors! I encourage my students to collect all kinds of fascinating words in their reading and writing journals. Every once and a while we will pull them out and spotlight one that we think is just peachy! We express the word, define it in our own language, then illustrate it, and come up with a list of synonyms. Then we hang it on our wall where we are word collecting! It's really fun to see the kinds of words that students collect! Head over to my blog post where you can read about all the fun activities I do to spark students' interests in vocabulary and to download this fun little freebie! Happy Summer Fun!
A fabulous collection of Ernst Haeckel prints, both in colour and monochrome. These 20th-century marine life illustrations are works of art.
Okay, here we go. This week we have been doing district benchmarks so, keeping up with classroom goodies has been tough. So here is a recap of some highlights from our week! We are closing in on the final stretch of our weather unit. We finished up talking about tools to measure weather and completed these pages in our science journals. You can get the weather tool pages HERE! We also began learning about clouds. I took some tips from Cara at The First Grade Parade and Abby at The Inspired Apple to get our cloud week in gear. And using my limited tech skills I managed to connect my desktop to the document camera and projector to show a powerpoint presentation I made about clouds. I amazingly found one pic of clouds over the Golden Gate Bridge... the kids were in awe :) If you think it might be useful to you, click the clouds to download the presentation. The font wouldn't transfer, so hopefully you can change it to something cute when you download! Next week we will do our cloud accordion books and It Looked Like Spilt Milk writing and art. Stay tuned for pics. Yesterday we did our first "November" art of the month. We cranked out our Pilgrim boys and girls for our literacy quilt and compared and contrasted Pilgrim kids to 2011 kids in response to our literature, Sarah Morton's Day. And a random, because I love my kiddos work... We reviewed short I this week and we made these short I pigs. I gave a directed art lesson on how to make the pigs and they filled them with short I words...SO cute :) lengthy right?... well I'm glad you stuck with me. Have a very happy weekend!
