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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

Exploring Physical and Chemical Changes

When I taught fifth grade my absolute favorite unit to teach was physical and chemical changes! While chemistry was never natural to get students to

Capitalize on your students' love for slime with these elementary science center ideas that are more than just exploring states of matter. Explore the various activities that you can teach in science with slime and grab a freebie!

18 Ways to Use Slime in the Classroom

This post contains aff. links. Kids love slime. I’m not sure why they are so fascinated with it, but they just are. Me? Not as

5 Myths about the NGSS

When I first started hearing about and learning about NGSS I had some misconceptions. It was easy for me to misunderstand and believe the things

Transitioning to the Next Generation Science Standards can be a challenge, especially if you don't understand them. This post summarizes the three dimensions and provides an analogy to help you grasp the new science standards.

Understanding the Next Generation Science Standards

Our state and district have been slow to transition into the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and after all the myths I’ve heard, I was

Finding Funding for Science and STEM

Sometimes trying to come up with the money to purchase the supplies for engaging science projects, demonstrations, and STEM can be a bit of a

Help your students understand how nonrenewable resources do not last with this hands-on science activity that is perfect for any elementary teacher!

Teaching about Nonrenewable Resources

Renewable and nonrenewable resources make for a great topic when you start thinking about teaching Earth Day. As Earth Day approaches, we want to remind

Earth Day Activity: Mini-Landfills

Every year I look for engaging Earth day activities that I can use in my classroom that are engaging and educational. It’s a difficult task.

Making Electricity Fun

When it comes to teaching science, we can sometimes be quick to cut out the experiments. Or, we do the same activities over and over

10 Ecosystem Project Ideas

When you think about ecosystem project ideas, do you immediately think about dioramas in a shoebox, like this one I found on Pinterest? Don’t get

5 Science Projects for Upper Elementary Students

Learning about science doesn’t just come from a textbook. Experiments and projects make true student scientists! Use these five science projects for upper elementary students

Generating Questions for Science Projects

As you know, science is a subject area that is near and dear to my heart. So, it’s natural that I’m going to jump on

Teach Genetics with Jelly Beans

I know Easter season is over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still find jelly beans. And, if you teach genetics at all, then you

Take Back Your Weekends

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