Category: engagement

Holiday Science Activity Lessons and Ideas

Learn ideas to bring in holiday science activity to your upper elementary and middle school classrooms.

3 Ways to Celebrate Groundhog’s Day in your Classroom

Three teaching lessons to use to teach Groundhog’s Day in your grade 4 5 6 classroom.

Five FREE Tech Tools for the Science Teacher

Learn how to use these free and easy tech tools in your science class to create engaging lessons and motivate your students to learn in grades 5,6,7.

All About CER Writing Strategy Your questions answered so you can use in your classroom,

All About the CER Writing Strategy: How to Use Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in Science

Is your science curriculum aligned with NGSS so you are wondering how to get started with CER Claim evidence reasoning strategy? Check out these ideas to get you started

Using Picture Books in the Science Classroom

Integrate literacy skills into your science classroom through the use of picture books. Learn about different books that will help with comprehension of various science topics for grades 4 5 6.

Holiday STEM in the Science Classroom

The holidays can be a time that tests classroom management. Throughout my years, I have found that student engagement is the best way to keep students on task. An engaged student cannot get into trouble. But there are so many more reasons to try a STEM resource in your classroom.

Halloween science experiments

Teach chemical and physical changes during the spooky Halloween season using these three experiments for your grade 4 5 6 students.

How to Teach a Unit on States of Matter

States of matter is often one of the first “real” science units of the year for students. After learning about lab safety and measurement, they dive deep into learning about solids, liquids, and gases. No matter what time of year you teach this unit, it is