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Three Resources for Exploring our Solar System
photo by Rrinsindika/Wikimedia Commons What does the start of a new year bring besides resolutions? The beginning of another orbit of the Earth around the sun! Use this timely hook to explore the solar...
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Stop Motion Animation in the Elementary Classroom
thinkstock.com In the 1950s, Art Clokey created beloved claymation character Gumby and sidekick Pokey for a stop motion claymation television series that ran in the 50s and 60s. Since then, stop motion...
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Stop Motion Animation and Scientific Transformations
A group of educators recently completed a KQED workshop, stop motion animation in the elementary classroom. Our focus was on creating stop motion animation films to demonstrate scientific concepts and...
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Interactive Timelines for the Elementary Classroom
Timeline from Timetoast Creating and reading a timeline is a skill introduced in elementary grades. For a second grader her first timeline might be autobiographical, which is a good way for students to...
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Ecoliteracy Conference: May 4, 2013
thinkstock.com Are you interested in having students learn outdoors–beyond the classroom walls? The Bay Area’s diverse ecological landscape is an ideal place for students to develop their understanding...
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Top Five Videos to Teach Sounds in Nature
Thinkstock.com When you hear crickets chirping or birds tweeting, do you wonder what it all means? From orcas and shrimps to beetles and chimpanzees, every species communicates verbally or non-verbally...
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Videos for Observing Patterns in Nature
photo by Silvana Ferreira Working with pattern blocks, tangrams, and 3D shapes are part of every elementary teacher’s geometry curriculum. But have you ever gone outdoors and observed nature’s design?...
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Summer Workshop Series: A Walk Down Sensory Lane
photo: thinkstock.com Young children love learning about the natural world. And, as educators, we want students to care about the world by studying and learning from it. But a nature study may only...
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Digital Mapping: A Way to Get Grounded
“I live in the country of California.” I heard this statement from one of my third graders after a geography study and disappointedly, it wasn’t a true/false game. Learning geography and its...
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The Science of Sounds
How does the ear collect sound? Does the shape of the ear matter for hearing? Can you really hear someone talking through two tin cans connected by a string? There are countless questions that can be...
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