Category: science

SNS: Science Notebook Sunday- Picture of the Day

leslie April 16, 2012 1 Comment
I've reached my goal this weekend! In fact I have done 3 posts in 3 days!! I am so proud of myself!   Since my science notebooks are set up the same way as my math ones, I wont go into detail as to how they are set up.  If you want to find out how I set them up you can read my post here, or decorating them is here, or being able to close the giant monstrosities here. I love...

Journey to the Center of the Earth…. Model

leslie April 14, 2012 6 Comments
So this week we started Earth Science... one of my faves!!!! My TEK stated that the students were to build a model of the layers of the earth, but when they know nothing about the earth it makes the concept of building kind of tough.   So we started from square one: KWL chart, and they came up with some great questions under the W.  One of my students even asked "My dog digs in the...

Go SPEED Racer!!

leslie March 21, 2012 0 Comments
This week I am teaching my 6th graders about speed: what is it? what changes it? how do we measure it? and how do we graph it?  Today I am engaging my learners into what it is and having them make a rough sketch of what the line graph might look like. I started with having them write all the synonyms they could think of for the word speed for one minute with their group.   I also...

May the FORCE be with you….

leslie February 29, 2012 0 Comments
That's what we have been studying the past couple of weeks- force and how and what balanced and unbalanced forces do to an object.  I really wanted to hit home the fact that force depends on mass or the height something is released.  I can say it all I want, but when the kids do it... and observe what happens... it makes it so much more meaningful.   Here is a brief (sike! I...

It’s been FOR-EV-ER…. FOR-EV-ER

leslie November 16, 2011 4 Comments
Don't you just love the movie The Sandlot??  I use that quote all the time with my kids.... "Y'all are taking FOR-EV-ER....."   Most of them have no clue as to what I am referring, but I just start smiling. Anyway lots of changes going on....I am now the Children's Ministry Director for my church and I am absolutely loving it.  I love working with  the kids, teaching...

Living and Non Living with the LION KING!!

leslie October 6, 2011 3 Comments
One of the life science TEKS I have to teach is abiotic and biotic factors, which are just fancy names for living and non living things in an ecosystem.  But more importantly, I have to teach the interdependence biotic factors have on abiotic items and vice versa. There is no better way to teach this than through the first 4 minutes of Lion King.  Here is what we did:Defined and...

Grading Science Notebooks Makes Me Wanna….

leslie August 4, 2011 6 Comments
SCREAM!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!   But this year... that is NOT going to be me. (Hopefully)  I have an "idea" on what to do, and I got it at the CAMT Conference a few weeks ago.  First of all, it involves these stickers... and lots of them... but they're cheap and worth it...  You can get them at Wal-mart or Staples.  I use them for all sorts of stuff.  Anyway......