Sun, Apr 22, 2012 8:57 AM in Living vs. Non living
I recently did this activity with 5th graders; however, their understanding of living vs non living is more advance. You shouldn't feel bad that your student didn't understand since teaching is about help them "get it" even if you have to spend more time than planned. I believe the first step into helping K-5 student or all students for that matter to understanding living vs non living is to activ...
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Sun, Apr 22, 2012 8:32 AM in Rat Dissection
I remember when I was in high school, we dissected a pig which is much larger than a rat and that also took one class period. I think it's very wasteful to do a dissection lesson for just one period because there are so much information that cannot be processed in just one class period lasting about 2 hours. From a student's perspective, it can be a little difficult to listen to the teacher while ...
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