See on Scoop.it - Education Matters - (tech and non-tech) This infographic shows the history and milestones of the Lego brand and is brought to you by Argos, one of the UK’s leading retailers. KB…Konnected’s insight: Here are other Lego resources that I have collected on Pinterest. Lots of neat ideas and ...

It has been SO long since I have last blogged it seems... I have been very, very busy with state testing and planning fun activities for my kids the rest of the year.  Since I teach 4th grade, I still have science left, but I am still doing lots of review with that! My science test prep cards have been a big seller (which I am SO happy with and ...

The Why? Files: The Science Behind the News #scichat  #sschat “The mission of The Why Files is to explore the science, math and technology behind the news of the day, and to present those topics in a clear, accessible and accurate manner.” University of Wisconsin-Madison A new story is added each week. Excellent resource that also ...

I promised I would be back to share some things we have been working on, so here I am! In Math, we have been doing some serious geometry. We have been learning about kinds of lines, pairs of lines, the parts of a circle, and angles! To help us review the different kinds of lines, I gave the students some sequins and cardstock and they created each ...

My class is learning about the solar system and we recently went to the California Science Center to view the Space Shuttle Endeavour exhibit.What an amazing experience. Click picture for Panoramic viewing of exhibitSource: LA Times A great follow up to this field trip was courtesy of Lakeshore Learning.They sent me a box full of their ...

Lots of things happening all around the preschool classroom! Hop on over and see what they are!

Gooru Collections is a wonderful free iPad app for finding educational resources for  Science and Math 5th-12th grade.  This is done by searching through a variety of videos, games, quizzes, and more. I highly recommend checking out Gooru Collections by clicking here!!! I think I found this app from Richard Byrne's excellent new blog, ...

Do you use anchor charts? I use both the handwritten ones and the ones I make on the computer. My newest project is an anchor chart notebook.  It will contain anchor charts for the following 3rd grade subjects:  Reading, Language Arts, Writing, Math, Science, and Social Studies. My plan is to put them ...

I was looking through my pictures for a picture of my son that I need for something I am making when I came across some pictures of a little math/science thing I did in my room a few years ago (this was pre-blogging days ;) )  Since the pictures were just sitting there, I thought I would share. We were reading all about space in our language ...

Do you use task cards for teaching activities?  You may want to consider doing so when you observe all their benefits. Task cards are pretty self-explanatory:  they are cards which contain tasks, or activities for students to complete.  Teachers usually create a deck of these task cards for students to practice skills.  They are good ...