I recently had a post on the We are Teachers website. You can check it out here: https://www.weareteachers.com/solar-eclipse-activities/

If you’ve been noticing the Moon (based on last week’s blog post), let’s try to build a model based on your observations. I’ll get you...

You can learn a lot about the Moon's movement by watching it--and you don't have to come out at night! Since the Moon spends half of its...

Not every science lesson starts with specimens or equipment; this one starts with a beautiful painting. We’ll study it and ask questions...

We can help kids develop scientific thinking in a myriad of ways. Here we use a painting and ask questions to hone thinking skills.

A few days ago there was a good day for watching the Moon. The sky was crystal clear and the Moon was a quarter. One of the cool things...

How does the sun move? That’s simple... It rises in the east and sets in the west, right? Hmm, yes and no. It rarely rises exactly in the...

Sometimes you can’t get your hands on the authentic object in order to study it… When we study astronomy it’s rare that we can find...

Perhaps you're shrouded in snow and ice and dreaming of a scene such as this: When I first saw this beautiful painting at a traveling art...