Here are some research topics that are broad enough to elicit good information yet narrow enough to manage in a short paper.
Find out how veteran teacher Jane Wisdom successfully incorporated a social media twist on the traditional research project, with great results from her students.
These research websites are a combination of search engine and library collection. Students can quickly gather research materials and sources.
Find out how veteran teacher Jane Wisdom successfully incorporated a social media twist on the traditional research project, with great results from her students.
Research papers. Not sure who shudders more, teachers or students, when they hear those words. Read on for ideas on how to help students choose appropriate, focused topics and find appropriate, reliable sources. You can also find out about different processes for organizing student research and creating outlines as well as various approaches to getting students to paraphrase rather than plagiarize and correctly cite sources.
How can you stand on a paper cup without breaking it? The secret is in how you place the cups. Paper cup STEM Challenge for kids.
If you are teaching about Noah's ark, teach using hands-on bible crafts that include the wonderful promises of God. This version of Noah's Ark includes only 4 Steps, yet beautiful and creative!
Build a marshmallow and toothpick tower for a fun and budget-friendly way to explore STEM with kids. Free printable.
Music is organized sound. I like to give students opportunities to organize sound and icons for sounds before we work with organizing notation. One of the ways I do that is to create sound songs. We take a basic grid and brainstorms sounds we can make with our bodies (APPROPRIATE sounds *giggle*) and then draw shapes and simple picture to represent them. We draw them into the grid so that they are organized and then perform them for each other. FUN! Another thing I like to do is work with ready icons for body percussion. I introduce this in Kindergarten, but we review it in 1st and 2nd grades and add a composing element to it. Until recently I used a pretty old set of body percussion clip art to create a slide show. Here's what the new version looks like: I used this with some classes this week and they loved it! We talked about one sound to the beat means a quarter note and one picture in each square. After we add barred eighth notes or two sounds on one beat we'll take some time to compose our own. I'll print out little copies of all the body percussion actions and they will place them on the squares in the grid and perform. When we finish or as we begin to use this activity just to review or as a warm-up I'll add some body percussion worksheets to the end of class or to workstations. I'll be using these: Quick enough to do in the last ten minutes of class or at a workstation, I really like making connections to reading and writing AND music. Check out the Body Percussion set HERE.
Pick something off this list of family-friendly volunteer opportunities to spread kindness and participate in community service projects with your kids.
Learn how do hands work with this fun, hands-on human body project for kids. In this working model children will learn about muscles!
I decided to take on my own challenge of incorporating a STEM activity every day for a week. It turned out to be a huge success where both my students and I had a blast. Here were the various …
A metric conversion chart put together by Jenny Jones to help international cooks with her recipes.
Use our free printable yahtzee score card so you can have a fun game of yahtzee with friends and or family. Easy and cheap family game night.
This week's theme is Knights and Dragons, with a To Go Kits for a Fire Breathing Dragon (more suited for younger children) and a Pom Pom Catapult (more suited for older children). The Fire Breathing Dragon craft was an idea from the CSLP Manual, with a link to One Little Project's original craft (which I borrowed the picture from for the instructions). Included in the kit was everything needed to make the dragons, except for scissors and glue/tape.I cut green construction paper in halves for the
Students can travel across the globe without leaving the classroom. Check out these fun geography lessons for any grade and curriculum.
A great round-up of the best free Easter printables for kids. Printable crafts, activities, colouring pages and decor to keep the kiddos entertained!
Make a homemade spectroscope with a few simple materials and explore the spectrum of different light sources. You’ll see all kinds of rainbows! This science activity for kids makes a great addition to a unit on light or weather and is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day too! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! Light …
Celebrate King Tut Day with 10 Fun Ancient Egypt Crafts for kids - Mummies, Pyramids, Pharaohs, Hieroglyphics, and more!
Try this Balloon Air Pressure Experiment! Balloon and glass experiment explanation for kids is perfect for science fair air experiment.
This fun Plant Cycle Craft in 3D is the best way to teach your child about the Seed to Plant Life Cycle. Its easy enough for your 1st Grader to do themself and it's a great science lesson. We love to see how you made yours with #funhousetoyscraft on Instagram!Lets get crafting1. Cut out all of the 4 background's and the single items.2. Fold the background halfway then fold the bottom up. 3. Add glue to the "glue" area.4. Now you have the the first quarter of the Cycle. Make 3 more. 5. Glue the s
The anatomy of our hands is complex and intricate. To explore how our fingers on our hands are able to move, build a robot hand with your kid!
Do you want to know how to teach STEAM in your school or homeschool? Learn why STEAM education is important and how to incorporate it!
Use your bricks to teach kids LEGO coding. Fun and easy ideas for LEGO coding activities include binary code and algorithms.
This fun sink or float science experiment explores the density of liquids with a fun twist by using balloons filled with various liquids.
Bring science to life with these low-cost, easy experiments! Here are hands-on ways to teach earth science including landforms, rocks, minerals, and more!
Explore the layers of the ocean with this easy but fun activity and learn more about the ocean and its animals! Free printable resources available here!
This is the list you should be checking out if you want simple and enjoyable craft projects that will enliven your free time!
This Magic Toothpick Star Experiment is such a fun experiment for the kids. It's a super simple way to have the kids create magic on their very own.
This gorgeous slate cabin was designed by architects Jonathon Donnelly and Jennifer McMaster and is one of eight winning entries for The Epic Retreats, a competition that invited architects from across the world to design unique glamping units themed on the mythology, tradition and beauty of Wales.
