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10 Simple Experiments for Density and Buoyancy and Air Pressure
Help kids develop an understanding of air pressure, buoyancy, and density using a series of hands-on labs.
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Mitosis and Meiosis
Study mitosis and meiosis using student movement. Cut ropes into lengths and use them to model chromosomes and track their duplication.
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Teaching Static Electricity Using VIPs
When teaching static electricity, it’s tempting to tell kids the basics... • like charges repel • unlike charges attract And to do this...
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Dollar Store Optics
I love science experiments, and I love sharing these with my children and my students. When I returned to the classroom after raising my...
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Brilliant Activities to Celebrate the Great Solar Eclipse
I recently had a post on the We are Teachers website. You can check it out here: https://www.weareteachers.com/solar-eclipse-activities/
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Making a Moon Model
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...
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Measuring the Moon
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...
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Graphing Data without Using Numbers.
Do your students struggle with graphing? Here we'll look at a Distance vs. Time graph and we won't use any numbers or rulers or graph...
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Develop Scientific Thinking Using Fine Art
We can help kids develop scientific thinking in a myriad of ways. Here we use a painting and ask questions to hone thinking skills.
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Modeling Jupiter's Moons
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...
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