Dr. Richard Byles, director of education at the Virginia Air and Space Museum in Hampton, Virginia, demonstrates how air pressure keeps water in a glass even though…
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What are the challenges of teaching elementary school science?
I am finishing up my education and will be teaching next fall. I am wondering what challenges there are to teaching science in elementary school. This subject scares me more than any other. Please help! …
Continue readingTeaching the Weather – Hurricane Simulating
Dr. Richard Byles, director of education at the Virginia Air and Space Museum in Hampton, VA, demonstrates how to simulate the force that a hurricane or tornado may…
Continue readingMagnetism
Magnetism Magnets have fascinated humans since their discovery thousands of years ago, well before 600 BC. A unit on magnetism would be appropriate for students of any grade in elementary school. Teaching and learning about magnetism should be based on discovery and involve the use of hands-on activities. Also beneficial to teaching magnetism would be […]
Continue readingTeaching Space and the Solar System
Here is a new post today: 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 […]
Continue readingThe Ideas in Teaching Solar System
New post at The Ideas in Teaching Solar System. Solar system may be interesting for some students but it can also be a boring subject for the others. It is the problems of every teacher who wants to teach solar system. To make the students get the enthusiasm in the space and solar … continue […]
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