Play dough fans rejoice! Kate from Picklebums is joining us today with a fantastic set of printable sea creatures that are perfect for enjoying with some ocean play dough. Printable sea creatures for ocean play dough We have four kids – twin girls aged nine, a five year old boy and a two year old . . . → Read More: Printable sea creatures for ...

Energy for Life is a wonderful new iPad app by the creators of Miracle of Life and Experience Life.  This beautifully designed interactive app takes students through the different systems of the body: digestive, respiratory, and circulatory.  What I like about these series of apps from iDiCreative are the easy to understand explanations and ...

Science magazine is inviting young people to contribute responses to a GREAT question. Unfortunately, the deadline to submit a 250 word response is May 17th, the day after I publish this post. Here’s their question: You can travel back in … Continue reading →

The winner of my science giveaway is..... Charlene!!! :) Check your e-mail late tonight or early tomorrow for your prizes :) Thank you so much to all of you who entered... it really means a lot to me! a Rafflecopter giveaway Science has been a major subject in the 4th grade so I am happy I can make some resources to help you all.  This was one ...

Hi all! How are you doing?  24 days of school left.. I can't believe it! I am not ready academically or emotionally to leave my kiddos... I hope they keep with them all that I have taught them this year -- some of them over the past TWO years! It's crazy to think that I will be saying goodbye to them.  It says a lot about ''looping up'' with ...

Friends~One of my very favorite summer time treats is an Ice Cream Float.  I make them every year with my class to celebrate the end of the school year.  This year, I am going to bring some science into my lessons.  We are going to be experimenting with fizz and foam! Watch my kiddos at home enjoying some float fun!         Please ...

Friends~They hatched!  I am so excited!!!!  Our unidentified creatures hatched on Friday!  It was wild!!!  I have been checking on them every morning since spring break.  Friday morning when we came back to school, I didn't check and my kiddos did.  Hundreds of praying mantis babies!  Check them out below! It was a long wait but it ...

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 ...

Here Is Today is a cool interactive infographic. I learned about it from Information Aesthetics, who described it like this: Ranging from one day to one eon, and framing the time periods different kinds of species emerged on Earth, the … Continue reading →