Archives for Science
Student-Led Week of Prayer: God’s Power is All Around Us
Clouds in a bottle? Rainbows in a glass? Air pressure in a balloon? Loadstones picking up paper clips? What could all these things be a part of?
Every year the sixth ...
Posters and Working Models of the Lung
Our science lessons this week have been about understanding the respiratory system and the parts that make it up. So far we've covered the purpose of mucus, and the process ...
Great Video to Illustrate the Scientific Process
My students were asking about GMOs the other day in science class, and in our discussion they grew more and more curious about what these foods are and how they ...
Two Activities for Exploring the Skeletal System
In science class, we are currently studying the skeletal system. My goal is always to engage students in their learning process, so I wanted to find ways to make the ...
Torn Images Teach Kids How to Build A Healthy Self-Concept
One of the lessons in our current science unit, 'Taking Care of Yourself' is about self concept — what it is, how we build it up and how we tear it down. ...
Students Make Friend Want-Ads
Lesson 2 of our science unit 'What Am I Worth' gives young people advice on what to look for when choosing friends. After reviewing the lesson I asked my students ...
Reinforce Lessons with Mini-Posters
Textbooks can cover a lot of information in a few pages, oftentimes more than a student can digest in one lesson or day. I'm always trying to find ways to ...
Sharing Resources to Dissect Fish
For one of our science lessons this week I took both of the sixth grade classes from my school to our next door neighbor, Andrews Academy. The biology teacher there ...
Paper Bag Fish Combines Science and Art
Just keep swimming! Just keep swimming!' Who hasn't heard those words or doesn't love watching the adventure of a certain orange clown fish and forgetful blue damsel, Dora, from Finding ...
Teach Scientific Classification Using Buttons
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species! How does one even start to explain to students how scientists classify living things and why scientists would even want to? That ...