Making an Edible Solar System

No need to try to generate excitement with elementary students about space, the solar system and planets.  They already have a natural curiosity about these things, thanks to an abundance of science fiction in the media.  Here are a great way to capitalize on this excitement and to teach them the truth about our solar […]

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Meteorite Madness – Wish Upon a Star

Can you imagine being 4.5 billion years old?  That is the age of the rare 52.8 kilogram meteorite chunk that is being investigated at the Royal Ontario Museum this week by Kimberly Tait, the museum’s curator, and the ROM research team.  The meteorite is about the size of a school packsack, and it was found in […]

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Teaching Through Natural Inspiration

For learners to become lifelong learners and well-rounded happy people in society, it is important for us to work with them.  Finding innovative ways of teaching that will produce effective results is a challenge that every teacher faces in the classroom.  Integrating learning with games simply makes teaching and learning fun.  In some cases where […]

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Earth May have a Shorter Day

The 8.8-magnitude Chilean earthquake released so much energy that it may have slightly shortened the length of the Earth’s day, a NASA scientist says… …The JPL computer model suggests that the length of the Earth day may have been shortened by 1.26 millionths of a second.  The change in the length of the day came […]

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Making a Genius Brain

Did you know that playing alpha-wave music in a classroom such as Baroque, Eastern Asian, or hemi-sync combinations enhances the ability of a student to learn, study, absorb and assimilate information? It is noted by many brain scientists today say that literally anyone can have a Genius Brain if they have the proper nutrition and […]

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The Life of a Bilingual Elementary Science Teacher!: A Learner Is …

Mrs. Feliz: Buffalo, New York, United States: I am a 24 year old Elementary Science teacher in Buffalo, NY. I also attend the University of Buffalo’s Bilingual Education Master’s Program. Recently I received the best Mother’s Day Present EVER- my beautiful baby girl born May 11, 2008. View my complete profile … Blogging in the Classroom · Classroom Displays · iTeacher · Recorded Books weblog · Successful Teaching · The Tech-Savvy Teacher …

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