Who doesn’t love some good ol’ punkin chuckin? Or the more official term of Pumpkin Catapults? I LOVE watching kiddos design and build catapults. I usually use this STEM activity to kick off STEM Friday’s in my classroom. Tomorrow we…
What to do when Halloween falls on a Monday? That is all sorts of wrong. I really wanted to keep our schedule sorta normal thinking that could possibly tame some of their excitement. I.THOUGHT.WRONG!!!! You would think that spending over…
Our first order of business during our bat study was to figure out what we already knew about bats. I loved the way Amy Lemons made her schema chart so I gave it a whirl too. You can see…
Oh My Word! My kiddos absolutely LOVED our Bat Research Week. I knew they would love learning about bats, but I still wanted to take the opportunity to set the stage to engage these little learners and boy did…
The kids had a blast making Matter Pop today. I was impressed with how much knowledge they brought to the table. My little scientists made me proud. I started by putting the sodas, pop rocks and balloons on the table….
It’s finally here! It’s finally here. We started our unit on Matter. I LOVE this unit. I mean I seriously LOVE this unit. We use Foss science kits in our district, but I supplement the kit with Hope King’s Matter unit and…
Last week our story was the riveting selection, “A Walk in the Desert.” It is not the most exciting thing to read, but the desert is a topic of interest to seven year olds and I wanted to capitalize on…
I’m sure you’ve been on the edge of your seat waiting to see another activity from Star Wars Day. Well, I will not disappoint (if the bar has not been set too high). Ha Ha. Please keep in mind this…
One of the highlights of our after school Lego club is getting the boats and motors out. The kids go bananas and rightly so. Water + Motors = AWESOME!!! We demonstrate how the motors work and then turn the kiddo…
We had a blast making oobleck during our celebration for Dr. Seuss’ birthday. I usually make oobleck with my second graders during our solids, liquids and gasses unit. But… sometimes you have to mix it up and this was the…
Lisa
