Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Earthworm Study

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Students explore worm adaptations and perform 5 lab experiments. Plus they get to create a worm hotel for the classroom! Included (...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

7 Bohemian Inspired History Crafts

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Wearable art with educational lessons tied in! Visit We Are Teachers for the rest of the post!
Sunday, April 12, 2015

Plant Scavenger Hunt

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Take students outside for a plant scavenger hunt! Click here to download. Students tally how many vascular and nonvascular plants they ...
Saturday, June 8, 2013

Biodiversity Scavenger Hunt

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Kids hunt for abiotic and biotic factors in their backyard (or school yard). Then, based on their observations, they create a food chain o...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Ecosystem in a Bottle

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pill bug photo: teacher.vbsd / fish photo: toledonative365 Create a 1 to 3 tier ecosystem using soda bottles! Featured above: 3 bott...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Simile Walk

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Go on a simile walk and describe what you see! This is a great activity to get kids to think out of the box and improve their writing. Rem...
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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Pine Cone Experiment

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Demonstrate how seeds adapt by conducting the pine cone experiment with your class! Drop a ripe pinecone into a bowl of water. Leave it ...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

What Can You Do With A Leaf?!

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Leaf Surface Area - Practice non-standard measuring with leaves, great way to introduce the concept of area. Visit  Kindergarten L...
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Sunday, August 19, 2012

What's Living In Your Area?

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photo credit: treehouse 1977 - flickr cc E-nature Zip Guides - Discover the various plants and animals that reside in your area! You ...
Sunday, July 15, 2012

What's In Your Ecosystem?

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Communicate with schools around the U.S. and countries around the world to see if all ponds contain the same abiotic and biotic components. ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Monarch Migration Project!

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photo credit: science daily Integrate technology with Project Based Learning, by tracking wildlife migration with  Journey North ! (trac...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Sun Baked Bricks

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Make your own mini bricks, while learning about soil composition and solar energy, from 60 Second Science . All you need is clay-rich so...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Hue Finder

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Live Strong has a fun outdoor color match game for kids. Stop at your local hardware store and snatch a bunch of paint chip strips to use o...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Butterfly and Moth Feeder

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After learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly, create a butterfly feeder to observe the various species that live in your neighborhood...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Hot Rocks

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ART - Jazz up your stones! First, go on a nature walk for flat rocks. Bake rocks at 225 F for 15 minutes on a foil lined sheet. Make s...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Aqua Scope

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I saw this awesome activity on the Magic School Bus! Make your very own aqua scope to check out what lies beneath a pond, lake, river, ...
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Catch a Spider Web

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via the magnifying glass Catch a real spider web on paper! Kids can study spider silk and patterns up close! Visit  The Magnifying Gla...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Birds

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Grab your binoculars and head outside for a bird watching expedition! Build a recreational center for birds right in your own backyard! Kids...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Nature Exchange

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The Magnifying Glass   set up different regions to exchange items in nature. Although the activity is over, it doesn't mean you still ca...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Tree of Life Timeline

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photo via Playful Learning Over at Playful Learning , they created personal timelines resembling a cross section of a tree trunk. Click ...