Featured Teaching Ideas & Resources

Types of Fire Wood & Heat

Types of Fire Wood & Heat

Photo © 2009 Christine Kongsvik, Flickr Camping enthusiasts {and those inte...

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Pizza Box Solar Oven

Pizza Box Solar Oven

Photo Source: Simon Fraser University If you're interested in cooking and a...

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How Greasy Are Your Potato Chips?

How Greasy Are Your Potato Chips?

Photo © 2010 espensorvik, Flickr If you've ever eaten a serving of chips, i...

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Now You See It, Now You Don't!

Now You See It, Now You Don't!

Photo &copy 2009 Tony Fischer Photography, Flickr Peripheral vision is ...

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Can Baking Soda Substitute for Baking Powder?

Can Baking Soda Substitute for Baking Powder?

Photo © 2011 Isabelle Palatin, Flickr Ever been dreaming about your mom's f...

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Music To My Heart

Music To My Heart

Photo © 2008 Fe Ilya, Flickr Ever wonder if different styles of music affec...

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Germs & Us

Germs & Us

Photo © 2008 Umberto Salvagnin, Flickr As we head into the flu winter seaso...

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Left Out or Right On?

Left Out or Right On?

Photo © 2008 Evonne, Flickr Fifth grade student, Dimitra, wondered if one's...

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Multicolored Flowers

Multicolored Flowers

Photo © 2008 Subramanian Kabilan, Flickr This science experiment, designed ...

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Under Pressure: Ball Bouncing Dynamics

Under Pressure: Ball Bouncing Dynamics

Photo Source: Harold E. Edgerton Ask any sports enthusiast and they'll read...

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The Aerodynamics of a Car

The Aerodynamics of a Car

Photo © 2008 Nathan Bittinger, Flickr In a similar vein to Wong's award-win...

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Mnemonics & Memory

Mnemonics & Memory

Photo © 2009 digitalbob8, Flickr If you've ever studied for a big test, hav...

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The Effect of Acid Rain on Aquatic Life

The Effect of Acid Rain on Aquatic Life

Photo © 2005 Rick Smit, Flickr Like smoking, pollution has "second-hand" ef...

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The Effect of Caffeine on Alertness

The Effect of Caffeine on Alertness

Photo Source: Roman Segaev Ever wait until the last minute to study for an ...

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Cloud Formation

Cloud Formation

With their wide variety of sizes and shapes, clouds are one of the most beaut...

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Inertia of an Egg

Inertia of an Egg

Photo Source: Pali A Inertia According to Newton's first two laws of physic...

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Why Does Popcorn 'Pop'?

Why Does Popcorn 'Pop'?

Photo Source: Lucian Muset Popcorn is a delicious snack, but have you ever ...

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Connecting Solar Energy & Electronics

Connecting Solar Energy & Electronics

Photo Source: Saniphoto This interesting science fair project, designed for...

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Oxygen in Plant Respiration

Oxygen in Plant Respiration

Photo Source: Viktor Kuryan Most children are familiar with the overly simp...

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How Age Affects Hand-Eye Coordination

How Age Affects Hand-Eye Coordination

Photo Source: Paul Moore We need hand-eye coordination to perform many basi...

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Measuring & Comparing Salinity in Different Aquatic Environments

Measuring & Comparing Salinity in Different Aqu...

Photo © 2006 D. Vincent Alongi, Flickr Most of you have learned in life sci...

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Reaching New Heights with Fractions - Math Bulletin Board & Craft

Reaching New Heights with Fractions - Math Bull...

Photo Source: www.izzyshare.com | Betsy McKnight Generally, children are in...

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Flower Drawings: Borrowing from the Style of Ge...

Jacquelien of Kids Artists provides a Georgia O'Keeffe inspired flower painti...

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Experimenting with Pirate and Viking Ships in Art

Experimenting with Pirate and Viking Ships in Art

Looking for a great craft to end the year with? Holly, Maryland art teacher ...

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Artwork with Hidden Butterflies

This is a wonderful craft for your fourth and fifth graders. It will test the...

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Dinosaur Fossil Making

Dinosaur Fossil Making

While your students may learn about how fossils are formed in their science ...

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3-D Sandwiches

While many teachers have encouraged their students to explore their favorite ...

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Colorful Cultural Artwork

Kathy Barbro, art teacher from California and creator of the website Art Proj...

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Design a Picture Frame with Old CDs

Design a Picture Frame with Old CDs

Students thrive by using different materials and mediums to express their im...

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Clothespin Horse Craft for Kids

Clothespin Horse Craft for Kids

A great way to keep students engrossed in the lesson is to provide challengi...

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Fun With Animal Units

Spring is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate the vibrant...

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Graphing the Winter Olympics Bulletin Board Idea

Graphing the Winter Olympics Bulletin Board Idea

Photo Source: www.izzyshare.com | Betsy McKnight It's always exciting when ...

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The Red, White, and Blue

Kathy Barbro, art teacher and blogger, has shared a wonderful project that en...

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S’COOL Project By NASA

A CERES—Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System—satellite is a scientifi...

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Creepy Contractions Halloween Language Arts Bulletin Board Idea

Creepy Contractions Halloween Language Arts Bul...

Photo Source: www.izzyshare.com When her unit on contractions fell over the...

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Photosynthesis & Light Color

Photosynthesis & Light Color

Photo © 2009 Corey Harmon, Flickr If you have a student who's interested in...

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