Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.com. This is at no extra cost to you. If you’d like to learn more, check out my disclaimers page. Flowers and pollinators activities April showers bring April flowers and, with the changing of the seasons, it also brings pollinators! Now is a […]
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Frogs Vs Toads and Other Herps in Spring: K-5 NGSS Activities [Ep. 63]Frogs vs toads activities This topic was by listener request – shout out to Sue! Thanks so much for your suggestion for writing about spring frogs and toads and ways to teach very spring-specific concepts! Spring is a unique time for frogs and toads as it’s the beginning of their mating season and a lot […]
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Illumination and Weather: 1st and 4th Grade NGSS Activities [Ep. 61]Weather illumination activities Teaching children about light reflection and its role in illumination can be quite an abstract and challenging topic. However, weather is a way to make this concept more concrete. Thankfully, March and November are months with variable weather and wonderful opportunities to capitalize on nature’s natural variation with your 1st and 4th […]
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Elementary Study About Weather: Kindergarten and 3rd Grade NGSS Activities [Ep. 60]Study about weather activities March is a transitional month where we move from winter weather to spring weather. As the weather changes, we experience a variety of conditions from fog to sun, from rain to snow, and more. This makes March a fantastic time to either start your weather learning or revisit it from the […]
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Winter Animals and Water: 2nd and 5th Grade NGSS Activities [Ep. 58]Winter animals and water activities Liquid water is essential for animals to survive winter but it’s hard to come by. If you live in a region with freezing temperatures, water is frozen as snow or ice (or is trapped underneath ice), making liquid water a hot commodity. Let’s take advantage of this natural phenomenon to […]
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Winter Animals and Hibernation: 1st and 4th Grade NGSS Activities [Ep. 57]Winter animals and hibernation activities Heredity is the key to survival for animals in winter when there are lots of predators, not a whole lot of food, a ton of cold. Some animals adapt to survive winter, others migrate to a place that has the food they need, while others sleep all winter long. The […]
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Signs of Animals in Winter: Kindergarten and 3rd Grade NGSS Activities [Ep.56]Signs of animals activities Winter is a fantastic time to get outside and look for signs of animals! We all know that there aren’t as many sources of food, water, and shelter during the winter, but somehow the animals are surviving. This is a wonderfully rich phenomenon that you can study with your kindergarteners and […]
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Frogs and Toads Together: Why do Amphibians Group Up?For Teachers Why do frogs, toads, and salamanders form groups? Why do male frogs call in a chorus? Why do salamanders migrate in a herd? Amphibians are mysterious creatures and their habits of teaming up for survival are just as intriguing. Teaching about frogs and toads together in your elementary classroom can be a great […]
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Hibernation in Animals: 6 Dormancy Activities for Elementary Teachers and Homeschool Groups [Ep. 29]Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commissions from qualifying purchases from Amazon.com. This is at no extra cost to you. If you’d like to learn more, check out my disclaimers page. Hibernation in animals and other dormancy Hibernation in animals is a much talked about topic in elementary science, but it’s often misunderstood. Hibernation […]
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Reusing Recyclables: 10 Science Tools to Make for StudentsReusing recyclables to make science tools could be the difference between your students repeating scientific information and actually understanding it. Let me give you an example: one day I was coaching a 3rd grade teacher on how to use mineral testing kits that I brought for her students to try. The school had textbooks about […]
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