The best way to study plants is to grow some plants in the classroom. This unit is suitable for an elementary class of any grade. In order to do this activity, you will need to have a window in the classroom or have access to a window where students can place pots/cups and be able to water them daily. Giving students the opportunity and responsibility of planting and caring for their own plants will make the learning more fun and more memorable.

Ideally, each student will grow his/her own plant. Some teachers time this unit to end near Mother’s Day so that students can give the flowers that they have grown to their moms. If you are growing flowers for Mother’s Day, it is fun to use small ceramic pots which the students decorate with paint before they plant their seeds. Tempera paint can be used, but be aware (more…)

Benish even created an alternative fuels “teacher” packet to assist the elementary school science teachers in incorporating the information into their science curriculum. Benish has plans to create another Clean Air Club …

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What are some fun, exciting ways to teach space to first graders?

make them all create the solar system, for instance. one kid´s the sun, and give everyone a role, using all the elements in the system, and tell them what they are made of and their characteristics… and maybe then you can make them turn in a paper on their

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