Sat, Nov 17, 2012 2:50 AM in connecting Science to Halloween
I know Halloween has passed but I was thinking that some of these ideas would be great for Thanksgiving as well. I hope I can bring in a pumpkin to count the seeds. I also hope that could be a great way for me to tie in nutrition and making good choices when we have a Thanksgiving feast. I won't be making blood or going over the skeletal system but some of these ideas are very applicable. I ev...
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Sat, Nov 17, 2012 1:50 AM in Who sang this song? "Oh what a night, late December back in 63"
I love the title of this post, it really got my attention. I also live in Hawaii where we don't have 4 seasons. As a kinder teacher it is really hard to teach this concept because it is such an abstract idea. I always think of K students on the mainland that maybe just need the right name for the different seasons to understand. However, being here in Hawaii I try to explain that we really ha...
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Sat, Nov 03, 2012 1:20 PM in Teaching Cell Parts in a "fun way"?
My daughter had to do a similar assignment last year as a junior. She was given the assignment to make a model of a cell nucleus. We decided to use fruit. The cell was a cantaloupe, sweet potato, grape tomatoes, grapes, strawberries. She connected and placed everything with toothpicks. Of course she told us very last minute to we were in the grocery store at midnight relying on her to decide wh...
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