The earth is over 5 billion years old. Life first originated in the oceans 3.4 billion years ago. The dinosaurs died out 65 million years in the past. Human recorded history stretches back 10,000 years in time.
These numbers are too large to visualize, and difficult to compare. Here’s an easy way to put time in [...]
Tag Archives: science
Black History Month
02-Feb-08Learn about African American leaders and heritage during Black History Month. These creative lessons will inspire thoughtful classroom discussion. Gales has Black History Month free resources, calendar with notable dates, activities from Gale’s, and loads of biographies. National Geographic’s Legacy of Change: Icons of The American Civil Rights Movement photo gallery.
Activities from Crayola: Sparkling African [...]
Butterfly Unit Ideas
31-Jan-08Food Idea: An easy item for lunch (or even breakfast sandwiches) is after the sandwich is made, cut it diagonally. Separate the two pieces (the butterfly’s wings) and put in the middle a baby carrot or gherkin.
Bugs for Your Belly kind of looks like a butterfly.
A butterfly unit by Barbara Pratt.
Symmetry - Find patterns in [...]
Salmon Life Cycle Game
20-Jan-08Salmon Life Cycle: The Incredible Journey The life cycle of sockeye salmon is an incredible journey that begins and ends in the cold freshwater streams of the Pacific Northwest. In this activity kids learn about the salmon life cycle by developing a board game based on the many helpful and harmful events salmon encounter during [...]
Science Vocabulary Hangman
14-Jan-08Science Vocabulary Hangman You choose the sets of questions you’d like to use. Choose anything from 2nd Grade Matter to The Earth’s Energy Budget. You can even add your own terms. Here’s a list of sections: General Sets, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Lab Safety & Equipment, Math, Measurement & Meassurement Systems, Atoms & Matter, Force, [...]
Element Flash Cards
14-Jan-08It’s Elemental - Element Flash Cards. The computer will give you an element and, depending on the selections you make below, you will have to supply the element’s chemical name, chemical symbol or atomic number. Enter your answer into the text box and press the ‘Check my answer’ button. Remember, spelling counts. Would you like [...]
Fusion Energy
14-Jan-08General Atomics fusion education program is: 1.) Dedicated to assisting educators in the teaching of gaseous plasma science and fusion science in their classrooms; and 2.) There to help students learn about plasma and its applications with a focus on fusion processes and how these age-old natural processes are being used today and where they [...]
Discovery School board games
06-Jan-08Discovery School offers many ideas to make your own board games.
Classroom Planetarium–Astronomy/Space lesson plan (grades K-5)
Students learn about the relationship of the nine planets in our solar system to the sun by creating a three-dimensional representation. They find out the planets’ relative distance from the sun and their approximate size in relation to the Earth.
Alexander [...]
Explore Your Public Lands
04-Jan-08Walk on the Wild Side: Explore Your Public Lands Activity Book
Learn more about the fish, wildlife, and plants that inhabit America’s public lands. Caves, archaeology, wild horses, minerals and more. Viewable online and downloadable in pdf.
Federal Citizen Information Center has many pamphlets available to order or download.
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science
04-Jan-08Please join in for their new Home School Days! These special days offer flexibly structured, open-ended discovery opportunities designed to help home school students investigate natural and cultural history, and space and health sciences. Add your name to their Home School Days mailing list by calling 303.370.8225 or make reservations (required) at 303.322.7009.
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