Category Archives: Science Themes

Ring the Bells

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Sandie

Ring the Bells is a fun flash card game for the Christmas season.  Get a golden plastic bell and hang it high on your classroom ceiling.  Make a few Snowballs_from_Yarn and get ready for a rip-roaring time.  (This game works best … Continue reading →

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Putting it All Together–Aligning Your Curricula

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Sandie

You know what language arts skills you’re going to teach. You know what genre studies you want to use to help teach these skills. You know what materials you already have to support teaching these skills. Now you may like … Continue reading →

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Integrating Instruction: Organizing Themes

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Sandie

Now that you can see all the themes you’ll be working with, you can organize them in a way that is supportive and cumulative.  This example shows nine themes for the year (themes are underlined and in bold type) for … Continue reading →

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Integrating Instruction 2–Identifying Themes

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Sandie

The first step in organizing your curriculum for integrating instruction is to know what it is you are to teach.  If you have been relying on your textbooks to provide this structure for you, you can still do so, but … Continue reading →

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From Conception to Birth

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Sandie

Amazing video from Alexander Tsiaras, a Yale mathematician working with NASA, has developed a visualization of human development using a mathematical algorithm.  The video isn’t really appropriate for students, but it provides interesting (I’d say amazing) background information for teachers. … Continue reading →

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Colonial America–Natural Resources Magnetic and Flannel Board Pieces

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Sandie

Sorry it took me so long to finish these items.  It always takes me much longer than I expect to make something!  I hope you’ll find these flannel board images useful! Download Magnetic Flannel Board Pieces  FREEBIE I print them on … Continue reading →

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Seasons of an Apple Tree

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Sandie

I finally finished a clip art set of apple trees in various seasons.  I’m really happy with the way they turned out.  I hope you’ll check them out! Anyway, there are 5 images of apple trees—winter, spring, summer, harvest, and … Continue reading →

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Classroom Decoupage

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Sandie

This morning I saw a pin over at Pinterest that reminded me of the art of decoupage–it was a chair decoupaged with pictures from Dr. Seuss books!  Very cute! Decoupage is the art of fixing pieces of paper, plastic, fabric, … Continue reading →

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Hatching Frog and Toad Eggs

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Sandie

Hatching frog and/or toad eggs in your classroom is easy and fun, but it requires some special equipment.  You’ll need an aquarium with a filtering system.  You can easily purchase a 5 or 10 gallon set at many discount stores, … Continue reading →

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Hatching Silkworms

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Sandie

Silkworms are the easiest eggs I have ever hatched with students in my classroom.  You’ll be able to observe the entire life-cycle from egg hatch to egg laying, and since the moths don’t fly, and the larvae stay on the … Continue reading →

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