How to Combine Thanksgiving and Science in your Elementary Classroom
How to Study Seeds with Popcorn
by Christy McGuire, Contributor
Students’ minds are turning to the holidays. You can harness some of that excitement by including some holiday-themed activities in your classroom.
There are many great learning…
Until Next Year, Polymer Body Parts
Halloween is over and it's time to put away the polymer body parts, but first, let's compare what they look like at the end of October with what they looked like at the beginning of October.
Watching a polymer grow is always fun; with…
Dismembered Body Parts: Day 31
Check out our dismembered body parts now! Skipped a few days, do you think? I got busy playing with other polymers with my students - pictures to follow.
When last we left our dismembered body parts, the hypothesis was that the polymer…
Dismembered Body Parts: Day 9
I've missed a few days since Day One, but the point remains that our hydrogel polymer dismembered body parts just keep on growing. Kind of as if they were real. . . .
Remember how tiny each of these dismembered pieces used to be? Two…
Jefferson County School District – The Teacher Salary Debate
Our office is located outside of Denver, Colorado. The Jefferson County School District is in our backyard. Teacher sickouts and student protests recently made national news when one of the school board members proposed creating an advisory…
Dismembered Body Parts: Day Five
Dismembered body parts: day five? What happened to Day Four?
Sorry about day four. I went to a Renaissance Faire dressed like Minerva McGonagall. Any questions?
Moving right along to Day Five, the polymer body parts have almost filled…
Hands-on Science at Home: Needless or Necessary?
Some of us grew up with fantastic science teachers. Mrs. Russell, Mr. Steward, and Mr. Landis are names that you won’t necessarily recognize, but they’re the three science teachers I’ve had in my entire lifetime. I will never forget them,…
Dismembered Polymer Body Parts, Days 2 & 3
You saw how tiny the dry polymer body parts were in my first post about dismembered body parts. Polymers absorb the liquid quickly, some more quickly than others, but all absorb pretty fast. Our dismembered polymer body parts, packed away…
Dismembered Mad Scientist Body Parts, Pt. 1
It's October, so of course I had to get out my Spangler Science Growing Body Parts and start my annual October growth-fest of the macabre! Is that an alligator in there with the dismembered body parts? Well, naturally. If you were an…
Why Early Childhood Science Education is Important
Steve Spangler recently participated in #TeacherFriends Twitter chat and met some amazing teachers. Here are the questions and his longer-formatted answers about science education today.
1. Why is early childhood science education important?
For…
