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Coming up to Mother’s Day, we need a celebration. Why not a tea party? We’ll teach kids to make a cup of tea for their moms for Mother’s Day, and incidentally consider solubility. If you work with older students, consider looking into the Smart Tea project. At its simplest, this asks students… Continue reading
The pine is our state tree, and it might be yours, too, since it’s quite a popular state tree. If not, you can still enjoy these links and ideas for a study of pine trees. Many include trees in general. “If Trees Could Talk” is an interesting lesson plan… Continue reading
Probably the best thing to do for classes on Earth Day is to get out of the classroom and enjoy the beauty of the earth, or perhaps clean up a bit. You may not have that option. It’s not too late to plan a classroom lesson. Here’s a nice… Continue reading
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass is a perennial favorite, and for good reason. In the story, Alice falls down a rabbit hole and ends up in a marvelous world full of frankly irritating creatures and surprising events. The story continues with Alice’s adventures as she… Continue reading
Making cookies shaped like your state is an easy, multisensory geography lesson. You can use paper or whole wheat bread instead of cookies, but we find that people remember the lesson better with gingerbread. Start with a state-shaped cookie cutter. Have students use it to cut out cookie dough or… Continue reading
Tigers as a classroom theme can lead you to a number of interesting topics in science, social studies, and literature. Continue reading
The Fungus Kingdom offers opportunities for hands-on science with living things. Continue reading
Once I found myself engaged in a conversation about what really needs to be taught. Strictly speaking, I have found myself engaged in conversations on this topic many many times, but I am thinking of one particular occasion. Shakespeare had crept into the discussion. Shakespeare, one speaker claimed, was… Continue reading
The story of the big turnip shows that cooperation allows us to do things we couldn’t do alone — with some math and science lessons, too! Continue reading
People read computer screens differently from paper. Notice how these students begin to interact almost immediately with the keyboard or mouse. What does this mean for online research skills, and for your online reading assignments? Continue reading
