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Children are naturally inquisitive and they love exploring science. When you combine my passion for hands-on activities and their curiosity, you’ll definitely have winning content and ideas!

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These solar system scale model ideas are sure to engage your students and help them grasp the understanding of distance and relative size. Check them out!

7 Options for Creating Solar System Scaled Models

10 Mistakes Teachers Make When Teaching Science

Make science engaging and memorable with this list of ideas to integrate science into students' daily school routine. Science experiments are fun, but they're usually very short-lived in terms of engagement. I provide a list of alternative ideas that allow teachers to weave science into the school day for long-term impact and to get students used to a higher exposure of science vocabulary and concepts.

Creative Ways to Make Science Engaging & Memorable

10 Tactics to Tackle Types of Energy

How are you feeling today? Did you wake up bright and early, or did you oversleep? Are you well-rested? Maybe you had lots of protein

Teaching Lab Safety: Gloves, Goggles… and Games?

Let’s establish the most important part right away: lab safety is serious business. As adults, it’s easy for us to understand that statement immediately and

12 Reasons to Make Time for Science TODAY

I’m going to say something controversial: teachers don’t have enough time for science. Oh, wait, did I say “controversial?” I meant obvious. For many educators,

The Art of Literary Engineering: Crafting STEM Activities from Books

This post contains affiliate links Welcome to the “Art of Literary Engineering,” where we explore the exciting world of integrating literature and STEM activities from

4 Ways to Elevate Types of Energy in Your Classroom

Warning: there may be quite a few puns in this blog post–don’t let them shock you. 😉 Now, it’s mid-May and the school year is

Are you looking for an interactive way to teach the parts of the water cycle? Check out these hands-on, engaging activities that your students are sure to love for your next earth science lesson! Click through to read about them.

Water You Waiting for? Check Out These Water Cycle Activities!

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6 Electrifyingly Easy Ways to Teach Electricity

Electricity is amazing. Even at my age (though I’m not that old!), the concept never ceases to excite me! Children, too, in their wide-eyed wonder,

As upper elementary science teachers, we have a lot on our plates. It can be difficult to try to fit science into our already full school day. This post talks about how important it is that we teach science and provides tips on how you can create an integrated science curriculum. It is possible to fit science in!

Making Time for Science: Creating an Integrated Science Curriculum

Science is a critical part of a well-rounded education, but with so many subjects to cover, and a huge focus on literacy, it can be

12 Insider Ideas to Sensationalize Science

The importance of science in our elementary classrooms cannot be overstated. It’s a vastly significant area we have to teach, but often gets pushed to

Teaching Force and Motion in the Upper Elementary Classroom

Many elementary classrooms have to teach about force and motion, whether you teach the Next Generation Science Standards or a different set of standards that