Tue, Apr 21, 2015 11:17 PM in Inheritance for grades K-2?
One activity I have completed with students when talking about variation of human traits is a game similar to the "optional activity" mentioned in this lesson:
http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/heredity/html/inventory.html
After taking a survey of their own traits and comparing them to the class, students play a game where a trait is called out and all students with that trait sit dow...
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Tue, Apr 21, 2015 11:11 PM in First Day of School Science Activities
I like the idea of doing something science related on the first day and some of the activities people have already mentioned seem like they would be a good fit! This got me thinking about how I would incorporate it into the busy first day and I think that a science activity would be a good way for a teacher to model several different instructional routines like gathering materials, working in a gr...
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Tue, Apr 21, 2015 11:05 PM in Animals in the classroom
Along this same line of thinking, I think it would be very interesting to have a tarantula in the classroom. It would help students learn about the role of spiders in ecosystems and help educate them to value every animal, rather than just squashing the creepy crawly ones.
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