Children often come in with last minute projects to complete. Here is one such example.We printed a few pictures of the Colosseum for guida...
Study the human body anatomy with kids by making an anatomy model with these free printable life-size human body organs!
Fun, hands-on human body for kids project to learn about body systems, organs, bones, muscles, and more! Print playdough mats for activity.
Learn about the 5 layers of an ocean (also called ocean zones) with your child using this hands-on activity with materials already in your pantry!
Are you studying the Old Testament and the Tabernacle in your homeschooling? Make it come to life with this free, printable Tabernacle model.
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Cut-and-assemble Paper Model of the Human Eye Target age group: ages 10 and u…
Review the stages of pollination and the role of insect pollinators in the reproduction of flowering plants with these flower foldouts. With multiple template options, this hands-on activity is a fun alternative to a worksheet that allows students to sequence the stages before gluing and folding. This listing is a digital download (20-page PDF) to print the pages you require at home or school. Benefits of this activity -Low-prep -Use as a review or assessment -A FUN and hands-on alternative to a worksheet -Suitable for interactive science notebooks -Differentiate with easy-cut options and 3 templates (see below) The templates -Template 1: Students color the flower and pollination stages, match the descriptions to the images on the template, glue, cut and fold. -Template 2: Students color the flower and pollination stages, sequence the stages on the template, glue, cut and fold. -Template 3: Students color the flower and pollination stages, match the descriptions to the images, sequence everything on the template, glue, cut and fold. All 3 templates have an easy-cut (straight edge) option for the flower on the outside. Also included -11 Vocabulary cards to print on colored or white cardstock. Cut out individually for students to match the words to the descriptions. There are also 11 color picture cards you could print on white cardstock to add to the activity for students to match words, definitions and images. The words are anther, flower, nectar, ovary, ovules, petals, pollen, pollination, pollinator, stigma, style -Pollination word search with 15 words to find (forward, down, and diagonally). -US and UK versions of the resource Is this resource editable? No, this 20-page PDF resource is not editable.
We have begun our unit on living systems in science (thank GOSH because Earth and Physical science have quite literally killed me this year...seriously, I feel like the most incompetent teacher when I teach science...but I digress...). Our main focus for the past week before Spring Break was the circulatory and respiratory systems. I thought I would share some of the things we have been doing, in case some of you are in the same unit yourselves. To get us started, we watched a few BrainPOP videos about circulation and blood. I found these in the HEALTH section, not the science section. The kids were very enthralled with these videos (they ALWAYS are really) There was quite a lot of information in them, which got us started on the right foot. The videos mentioned how the circulatory system was the delivery system of the body and that all systems were connected to this one. After some discussion, the students created this Circulation Data Disk from the Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body (Grades 2-4) (affiliate link) book. The idea of this circular disk was to show how all of the organs in the body played a very special part in relation to the circulatory system. I purposefully whited out the info on the disk so that the kids could do the research themselves. Using our health and science books, the students discovered the role of each organ in circulatory system. We then used the Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body (Grades 2-4) (affiliate link) book and created a model of the heart. The kids diagrammed the model to up the rigor a bit. They then placed these in their science journals. Another great find (that the kids had a blast playing) was the Circulation Game from Ellen McHenry's homeschooling website. This is a free download and I am so glad I found it! It took a while to set up and explain, but once they were going, the kids really were into the game. They learned quite a bit about how blood travels through the body and how it disposes of waste. (just a little note, I printed out 5 of these and had each table play. That way, there weren't as many people playing on one game board) Finally, the kids watched the School House Rock video, "Do the Circulation". (I have the actual DVD Schoolhouse Rock! (Special 30th Anniversary Edition), (affiliate link) but you can get it on YouTube if the school doesn't block it....like mine does) I gave them the words and, combining language arts with science, we looked for all of the facts and opinions (as well as figurative language) in the song. We discussed why the writers would put opinions and figurative language in a song intended to teach us about the Circulatory system. The students decided that it was because without the opinions and figurative language, the song would be B.O.R.I.N.G! We also began working on our Body Systems project on Google Drive. I made a template for each body system and the kids all began filling in the information about the circulatory system. This worked out perfect here because the kids had so much background knowledge at this point. They didn't really need to do as much research since we were learning so much as it was! (click here to get the project for your own class!) This is a screenshot of the slide before the kids actually did any work. I forgot to take pictures of them working! To explore the respiratory system (a bit further, as we really were talking about it all along with the circulatory system), we first diagrammed the organs involved. Then, the students did a little experiment to measure their vital lung capacity (how much air can be forcibly taken in and blown out) and the tidal lung capacity (how much is taken in and out during normal breathing). The kids has SO much fun with this one! They really were surprised at how much air they *couldn't* blow. I think they all thought they would pop the balloons in one breath when, in actuality, they hardly inflated them at all! You can find the exact experiment and printables here. So there you have it. Our basic introduction to the systems of the human body. Up next is the digestive system. Wish me luck ;) What experiments have you conducted in your class to teach your students about the circulatory and respiratory systems? Follow me on Snapchat for even more teaching ideas!
Learn how to make a working pumping heart model with kids. This pumping heart model demonstrates how a real heart pumps blood in and out of its chambers!
Tommy Amelia Robbie Ella Middle school work at last! This is a project I designed during my student teaching at RISD. The goal for this lesson was to study a painting and recreate it in a three-dimensional model, applying the artists' painting technique and color palette. It was also to understand scale and construct models. We first looked at a slideshow of different landscape paintings and analyzed them using elements and principles of design while also answering a worksheet that required students to look closely at their piece. Students then cut out the main features of their painting out of paper, traced them onto illustration board, and cut them out with x-acto knives. Before painting their model, students practiced painting certain elements separately and then painted their final boards with acrylic. They all came out am-az-ing! I was also happy to find out that a RISD professor has been assigning this project every year with the foundation students. It's a great way for students to expand their painting skills.
Learn about our bodies with these human body activities for kids! All of these ideas are hands-on way to explain the body's systems and functions for kids.
Try this fun pollination STEM activity for students to make a craft stick model bee then simulate pollination using mac and cheese powder!
Our anatomy studies finally reached the respiratory system, and we had a fun respiratory experiment or two to reinforce what we learned.
