Teaching Ideas for the History of the Planet Earth – Earth Science
Do your 4th-grade students understand how fossils tell the age of the earth? Can they explain what causes earthquakes or how mountains are formed? If not, we can help. If…
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Do your 4th-grade students understand how fossils tell the age of the earth? Can they explain what causes earthquakes or how mountains are formed? If not, we can help. If…
Teach students about different types of Erosion with a SORT about Changes Over Time aligned with the Next Generation Science Stations for Fourth Grade. In this station, the sort cards…
How do you keep students busy while you’re packing up the classroom, doing end-of-the-year assessments, cleaning out closets, and all of the last week of school activities? Over the years,…
Why are the bones of birds hollow? Why do fish have gills? What is the purpose of a plant’s chlorophyll? How do our brains process everything we experience through our…
Congratulations! You did it! You and your students made it to the end of the school year! It wasn’t easy. Nonetheless, here we are. But wait – just because we’re…
What do second graders need know in science? What science topics should you teach in second grade? As an elementary teacher that follows the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), these…
Sound waves, light waves, and information technology can be new and abstract concepts for many fourth grade students. We’ve gathered together some ideas for teaching the NGSS standards for Waves…
The Next Generation Science Standards are complicated and challenging to unpack. They are three-dimensional and include both content knowledge and performance expectations. The NGSS website gives us some information on how to…
Ever wonder how you could teach about energy in a way that brings science alive for your elementary students? Wish you had a ready-made list of helpful energy teaching ideas,…
Reading and understanding the 4th grade Next Generation Science Standards is challenging. They are three-dimensional with many details and nuances, yet broad and all-encompassing. The NGSS website gives us some…
Thank goodness for Valentine’s Day. It’s something for us to hang our hats on in the midst of a too-long, too-dark winter. It’s wonderful that the focus of Valentine’s Day…
What’s more fun than learning through the winter season with winter online activities? This time of year, it can be hard for students to stay motivated. That’s why we have…
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